If you would like to post a request for information please submit it to me
using the link below and I will publish it on this page, please do not change
the subject title. If you can answer any of the queries posted,
please submit your reply below, please indicate which request you are replying
to: -

Request 1288 Posted 15 Dec 2018

I am looking for help in identifying these men from No 6 Mobile Field
Photographic Section, No 39 (Reconnaissance) Wing. Royal Canadian Air Force .
Pictures were taken in 1944 in England possibly at RAF Odiham prior to D-day and
Normandy landings.

Becky Bishop

Request 1287 Posted 9
Sep 2018

I'm looking for any photos of Wg Cdr Arthur Thomas Whitelock (1888 - 1964). He
served first as a pilot in the RFC with 5 Sqn from 1915 and transferred to the
RAF on a permanent commission in 1918. He was on the HQ staff at Ambala, India
in 1920 and later, OC 10 Sqn (1929-1930) and OC RAF Andover (1935-1938).
Whitelock retired in 1938 He was born in Barnsley and died in Cirencester.

Also of interest would be to find out if he had any
children? He married Frances Mary Bryning in 1920 and she died in 1972. It
would be wonderful to contact any surviving descendants.

Request 1286 Posted 28
Sep 2018

I'm looking for assistance to identify any members of this
Pathfinder crew. Photo taken early/mid 44 in London area. The second airman
appears from the image to have been awarded a conspicuous gallantry (air) award.

Any assistance gratefully recieved.

Thanks,

Paul Smith

Request 1285 Posted 19 Aug 2018

I am looking for
British or American airmen who would have been imprisoned at Mont Agel in the
south of France, and having escaped then stayed at the villa "Bon Accord" in
Monaco (my grandfather's house) before
boarding British submarines in front of the Cap d’ail, near Monaco. (before
1944).

I'm doing research on my grandfather, Mr Alexandre Ponisowky, he would have
helped his people there by putting his villa at their disposal. I have no other
information than that and I use the conditional because I'm sure of nothing.

Isabeau de
Rouffignac

Request 1284 Posted 9 Aug 2018

I am searching for information about my birth mother and
wonder if anyone can help please?

My birth mother’s name was Janet Duncan or Nicol - she
was also known as ‘Jen’ and she was born in 1925. I know that she worked as an
assistant in the canteen at RAF Leuchars in the early 1950’s. I was informed
that she was in the ‘Forces’ but believe she was employed as a civilian.

Any piece of information however small would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you.

Sandra Seymour

Request 1283 Posted 12 Aug 2018

Does anyone have a copy of a Giles cartoon featured in
either the Daily Express 28th /29th/ 30th October 1948 or
Sunday Express 31st October 1948, showing a Lincoln Bomber in the top
right hand corner circling over the Queen Mar? The Giles family are shown on
deck but I’m not sure of the caption. A dear friend, now 98 years old was on
that Lincoln when it was struck by lightning and navigation instruments were
damaged. They spotted the Queen Mary below and were able to get co-ordinates and
get home safely. He has carried the cartoon in his wallet ever since but sadly
it has now disintegrated and he is devastated. I have searched everywhere for
the cartoon, any help would be gratefully received.

Liz Stephens

Request 1282 Posted 2 Aug2018

I'm trying to find out more about 50 wing - 21 AD in France
in 1940 - my father was a Flt Sgt in MT and was near Arras before they had to
abandon the vehicles and evacuate the airfields they were at.

Anyone served with my brother Tom (Thomas) J H Wilson
married to a Australian girl Barbara was stationed at Lossiemouth 1960 - 1970
ish on Nimrods, also Leeming and Singapore. Left the RAF to join Australian Air
Force as instructor.

Many thanks

Janet Wilson

Request 1281 Posted 27 Jul 2018

Does anyone have any WW2 connection with 610 County of
Chester Sqn

Ian Wear

Request 1280 Posted 16 Jan 2018

Lost Log Books for John W.W. Graham RAF pilot.

I am trying to find my father’s Log Books which my
mother loaned to an anonymous “author” in 1975 shortly after his death. They
were never returned.

He was shot down during a raid on Keil Shipyards flying
a 61 Sqn Hamden on the night of 8/9th August 1941. He was POW at Stalag 3 for
the rest of the war.

I have exhausted many avenues and would appreciate any
help in locating them.

Prue Dunsford

Request 1279 Posted 16 Jan 2018

I'm trying to trace RC (Bob) Ritchie or his family. He was
a very successful motorcycle racer between 1952 and 1965, competing at the Manx
Grand Prix and the TT. I know he was an RAF serviceman, and was variously enters
as hailing from Leuchars and other RAF stations, so may have moved around a bit.

I'm writing about Scottish Motorcycle Racing history and
would dearly love to find him - or his relatives - to feature him in a page or
two. Any help is appreciated, and I can be contacted at
unionmills@virginmedia.com or on 01592 650562

Jake Drummond, Secretary, Kirkcaldy & District Motor Club

Request 1278 Posted 28 Apr 2018

I am looking for relatives of ex-RAF pilot William E.
Holland (or Bill Holland as he was known to his friends). He was in China in the
1920s and was the pilot who test-flew the Schöttler 1 at Lunghwa in (I believe)
1927.

I would like to know what happened to him after that
flight.

The engineer of the Schöttler1 (and the others that
followed) was my grandfather (of whom I only heard stories from my mother) and I
have a rather faded photo of the 2 gentlemen in the cockpit of the said
bi-plane. The info would allow me to add a paragraph to my grandfather‘s few
pages of history.

Awaiting a reply from anyone who could shed some light
on this story.

Thank you,

S. Ilati

Request 1277 Posted 27 Feb 2018

Anyone
who knows the whereabouts of family/next of kin members of 174048 F/Lt RC
Everett RAF, who flew Aircrew over Europe during the 2nd World War could they
please get in touch with me as I have his Medals.

Thank
You, Tom

Request 1276 Posted 3 Feb 2018

I'm looking for info on my father's RAF career at Buckeberg
airfield during 1945/46, he was Alf Fletcher commonly known as 'Tuby' No
1179099. He was a keen sportsman particularly football and being Welsh he was
also good at Rugby.

Headley Fletcher

Request 1275 Posted 23 Jan 2018

DID
YOU FLY FOOTAGE OF H.M. THE QUEEN’S
CORONATION TO CANADA?

In 2018 we will celebrate
the 65th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. A new ITV1
documentary is looking for those who remember ‘Operation Pony Express’, during
which RAF pilots flew Canberras to Canada on 2nd June 1953 with the
precious film reels of the Coronation for broadcast there.

Do you remember
Operation Pony Express?

Were you or one
of your family members one of the pilots?

Do you have any
more information about the Operation to get the Coronation film reels across
the Atlantic?

To share your story call
0207 483 8820 or
email
coronation@oftv.co.uk with your name, number and brief details of your
memories. For the chance to be in the documentary, please get in touch by 31st
January 2018.

Request 1274 Posted 16 Jan 2018

I am a local historian and am compiling as much material as
possible on RAF Fairlight and the sister station RAF Grangewood (both 60 Signals
Group). I would very much like to hear from anyone with personal knowledge of
either station and if any photographs exist I would like to see them.

Hope to hear from you.

Best regards.

Haydon Luke

Request 1273 Posted 10 Nov 2017

I'm trying to find out more about Sgt James Mcintosh
Mcdonald..he is one possible contender for an unidentified man on a local war
memorial in Bury St Edmunds area

Sgt Mcdonald was on Saro Lerwick L7263 of 209 Squadron,
lost on patrol on 22nd February 1941. Can anyone help?

Sparkie

Request 1272 Posted 3 Nov 2017

I am Ray Richardson son of Master Pilot G H Richardson .

I have been trying to get information about him for some
time about his time in the RAF, 22 years. I have his records, but haven't come
across anyone who can give me personal information about him.

I would be extremely pleased if you can help or point me in
the right direction.

Any information no matter how small or insignificant would
be greatly appreciated.

Request 1271 Posted 3 Nov 2017

This request has been removed having
been answered.

Request 1270 Posted 21 Oct 2017

Please does anybody have a
photograph of the following 10 Squadron crew that flew in a Halifax III coded ZA-D
between September 1944 and February 1945?

To be honest I would be grateful
of any photo of ZA D as a Mk III, 1944 - 1945 (I only have a 1943 photo of it as
the older model)

A photo of the crew would be the
icing on the cake!

Dorothy Carter

Request 1269 Posted 5 Aug 2017

I am searching for any information about the man in the
photo below.

His name was John, surname unknown. He is wearing the
shoulder title worn by Rhodesian Officers attached to the RAF Volunteer Reserve
and was a Sergeant and a navigator.

He was in Yorkshire in March/April 1945 and had a
relationship with Ethel Whattam, who worked at The Royal Bath Hospital
Harrogate.

The photo was taken at The 'Bee-Hive' Studio, 23,
Cheltenham Crescent Harrogate and has a number on the back.

Any help in obtaining further information about him would
be greatly appreciated.

Maureen Silversides

Request 1268 Posted 9 Jul 2017

My mother, Doris Beard, born November 1915, was engaged to
a Dave Henderson who I gather had something to do with Radar during WW2.
She passed away many years ago and now recently my father, and I was wondering
if anyone has any information about Dave Henderson and maybe a picture from that
time. (It would be great if there was a picture of Mum with him!). I am
running out of time of people in that era to ask so it would be nice if I could
link up the many photos I have, most of them without any information on the
reverse!

I am assuming Dave was in the RAF? Can anyone help please?

Many thanks.

Gerry Cotterell

Request 1267 Posted 9 Jul 2017

Linda Street - RAF Spitalgate/Grantham

Can anyone help my mum had a RAF passing out parade
possibly late 60s cos came out cos I was born in 72 she lost he photo what all
the woman signed when left

Request 1266 Posted 24
May 2017

The Endangered Archaeology in
the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project at the universities of Oxford,
Leicester and Durham is launching an appeal for any old aerial photographs of
the Middle East and North Africa. Many photographs were brought home by members
of the RAF, and we are hoping that anybody who owns or has inherited any
photographs would be willing to share them with the EAMENA project to help
protect and preserve the valuable heritage of this region. Please find our full
appeal and contact details at the following address:

We have not been able to identify any of the
individuals (although we recognise a few faces) or which trade/trades they are.

Do you recognise anyone or their
trades or can you set any light on the group? You can respond via the website

Request 1263 Posted 12 Mar 2017

I was wondering if any one had heard of a person Royce
Douglas Hawksworth Chava .He maybe was a flying officer in 8 Squadron before the
Second World War Born in Kandy ceylon he left and came to live in Australia .He
married and had 1 daughter ,me. Any information would be helpful.

Regards

Margaret Rushworth

Request 1262 Posted 5 Mar 2017

I am a member of A history group researching the
'history' of those men listed on our town war memorial, in particular Sergeant
Geoffrey William Hartland RAFVR, 115 Sqn, who disappeared, with all the crew
without trace on December 12th 1940 in a Wellington. He was the pilot.

Does anyone have a photograph or any other information
which might be relevant.

I am currently sorting through my late mothers effects and
have come across several photos of Albert (Bert). All I know is that he was
engaged to my mother but was killed in an air accident in Scotland of 27th
September 1941 and is believed to be buried in South Wales. I do not have any
service number for him but believe he was an Air Gunner. Also that he was
awarded the DFM and attended Buckingham Palace with his mother and father - date
unknown.

I would love to be able to forward these photos to any
surviving relatives.

Regards

Val

Request 1259 Posted 26 Feb 2017

Removed as it has now been answered.

Request 1258 Posted 16 Feb 2017

My father master pilot George Henry Richardson, was in 240
Sqn and spent time with Grapple Y in 1958 at Christmas Island . I have been
doing research into his time in the RAF, and a researcher got me his records .

Dad never talked about ant time spend in the RAF , although
he was in for 22 yrs, being demobbed at Ballykelly, Northern Ireland in approx
1959 .

Any information however insignificant would be appreciated,
so I can possibly put another piece of the jigsaw together .

He was in Bomber ,Transport and coastal Command flying
Lancasters, Shackletons, etc and only passed away 12 years ago. 575086.

Regards,

Ray Richardson

Request 1257 Posted 30 Jan 2017

I'm currently working on a series about the Cold War for
BBC Radio 4 documentaries. Each edition focuses on a particular moment in the
cold war, as recounted by three people who were there.

The episode I am focusing on is for is the early 1980s when
the Cold War hotted up again after a long period of relative calm. American
missiles arrived in little English towns like Mildenhall and Alconbury, and with
them came US servicemen – and their families - in large numbers, bringing new
pressures but also new prosperity. This episode is about the impact of this on
one base – but also about waiting for a war that, if it comes, may be decided by
actions taken in its first few minutes.

I would like to find three speakers to contribute to this
episode. The casting I am aiming for is –

American who came over

British person directly involved in the base

Bystander affected by bases arriving

Each would talk about the social aspects of a large number
of Americans turning up in a small English community, and then go on to talk
about the impact of one of the near nuclear misses.

Please only get in touch if you’re serious about taking
part. Please email me with your name, telephone number, background info on
yourself and time details of the time spent at whichever American air base you
were stationed in. My email is –
sally.garwood@bbc.co.uk – thank you.

Request 1256 Posted 29 Jan 2017

My name is Paula Kelly, my uncle was based at Coningsby
in approx 1966 - 1969. He was part of what I believe was the athletic team he
used to run many long distance races all over the world for the RAF. I am
trying to find any photos of him or anything relating to this time he served as
he is not very well at all unfortunately a very short prognosis has just been
given to us; it would mean the world to him if I can find anything for him.

Request 1255 Posted 18 Jan 2017

I am
trying to the Flying Log Book belonging to George U Hill, DFC and 2 bars,

He was
a fighter pilot ace who was Canadian from Picton Nova Scotia. He fought in The
Battle of Dieppe August 19,1942, then on to Tunisia as commander of No.111
Squadron. Then onto Malta, where he got his first DFC. In 1944 flying over
France his long range gas tank became free, and he was forced to land. He was
arrested and spent a year in a Gestapo Prison.

His log
book may have been last seen in the Ottawa region , it may have been loaned out,
but not returned.

If
anyone has this book the Hill family would appreciate its return it without any
questions asked.

Best
Regards.

Barbara
Hill

Request 1254 Posted 20 Dec 2016

I'm looking for any
information about the man in the photo below.

He may be my grandfather. The photo was found among my
grandmother's things after she passed. She kept the relationship a secret for 61
years before telling my father about his real biological father.

She never said his name but described him as tall and
handsome, a pilot who died during WWII.

From the information that my father unearthed, I know that
he was in the RAF and he met my grandmother in Blackpool while he was being
trained there.

My father was born in March 1945, which means he was
conceived in May or June 1944.

Thank you!

Request 1253 Posted 19 Nov 2016

I'm looking for any information on my grandfather
Herbert Young, aka Peter. He was Stationed at RAF St Athan during the 40's. He
was married to Florence Young.

Many thanks.

Request 1252 Posted 12 Nov 2016

I
wonder if anyone has any knowledge of any surviving family members of Air
Commodore West VC whose grave is at Holy Trinity Church, Sunningdale, Berks. The
Air Commodore's grave was attended to by the VC Trust, 8 Squadron RAF Airmen and
other volunteers on 7th and 8th May 2013.

I
believe he had at least one son, Peter John Francis West, now deceased as of
1996. I wonder if anyone is aware of any surviving relatives of the Air
Commodore, possibly surviving siblings and/or widow of Peter John Francis?

Patrick Kessack

Request 1251 Posted 12 Nov 2016

I am working on a documentary film about 425 (R.C.A.F.)
Squadron and am seeking information on the following R.A.F. personnel who served
with that bomber Squadron during WW II:

Does anyone recognise their Father or Uncle? Can you provide their surnames?

Request 1248 Posted 2 Oct 2016

On 24 October 1941 our village,
Roden, in the North of the Netherlands, was bombed by the RAF. It was a
mistake, the crew thought they were over Emden Germany but one person in Roden
was killed. I have written a book about that bombing (2005). After the bombing
there was a question as a strange hole was found in the ground. Was it a bomb
that did not explode? Nobody knew.

The plane that bombed Roden
seemed to be Wellington, W5704. The crew; Sgts Gray, Austin, Whitton, Tomlinson,
Gill and Cox. No first names. That was a pity. I looked in the reports how many
bombs the plane had onboard. Well, that were 7. Also incendiaries. So
incendiaries, 6-500-pound and one 250-pound. I missed one bomb in our village.
So that was probably the hole in the ground. I warned the municipality that
there was a dangerous situation in the middle of our village. Nobody listened.
When they were planning a underground car park I warned them again. Now they
listened and a special company did investigations, which on 26 July this year
found a 250 lb bomb.

I am now writing the second part
of the book. I have sent many mails to the UK to find more about the crew. I
know more about the Wellington now. W5704 was shot down in the neighbourhood of
Eindhoven (Netherlands) on 31 May 1942, being flown by another crew. The problem
is that I do not have first names of the crew. I searched the records for the
bases the Wellingtons came from on 24 October 1941, which were Waterbeach,
Mildenhall, Feltwell and Stradishall. In total 12 planes went to Emden. I think
Feltwell was the place the Wellington came from and Sgts Gray and Whitton were
on that base (I think and hope). Gray and Whitton died exactly two weeks after
Roden, on 7 Nov 1941 but their aircraft was lost without a trace. The question
is; are Sidney Dennis Colley Gray and Richard Frank Whitton the right persons?
Can anyone show me the way to find out more about the crew. Maybe relatives? I
would like to mention them in my book.

Tjerk Karsijns, Roden
Netherlands.

Request 1247 Posted 2 Oct 2016

Has anybody any information about 72 Wing during WW2. I
know they installed Radio Nav Aids as the Allies liberated Europe. My Father was
a cook with the Wing and I would like to at least trace his route across Europe.
He left some mementos of Switzerland which has always puzzled me how he got
there.

Pete Pharoah

Request 1246 Posted 2 Oct 2016

I am looking for any
information on RAF sergeant Reginald Charles Hatton he was born in 1927 and died
in 1966 in the Aden campaign and is buried in silent valley, I am trying to find
anything about him or his life or anything at all

Georgia Clark

Request 1245 Posted 4 Sep 2016

My name is Ma Tangi and I'm from New Zealand.

I am currently in search of a man named Peter Miles who in
1957 was one of 5 fitting aerial erectors who boarded HMS Messina to Penrhyn
Island (which is an island part of the Cook Islands) also known as Tongareva,
from Christmas Island.

They had apparently set up camp in the village of Omoka
near the airfield and had erected a number of communications aerials and masts
at the weather station on the island.

They were collected by a Shackleton of 240 Sqn and taken
back to Christmas Island. They returned to the Radio Engineering Unit at RAF
Henlow in the United Kingdom in August 1957.

My reason for this search is because my grandmother fell
pregnant with my mother in 1957 on Penrhyn Island in the village Omoka to an
English man who she only knew as 'Chris'.

According to our research there were only 5 English men
from the RAF at the time of which my mother was conceived, however none of them
with the first name 'Chris'.

We stumbled upon the ex-RAF website and found pictures of 4
of the 5 men who were on the island in 1957.

We are only in search of Peter Miles because of the
striking resemblance my mother has with him and we are in the hopes of maybe
finding the other half of her lineage and bring her some closure with this
missing link.

Please, if anyone can give me any information, this would
be greatly appreciated.

Request 1244 Posted 4 Sep 2016

My name is Bill Crawford from Glasgow.

I am trying to find any information regarding RAF
personnel who served with my late father on No 504 AMES at Dingli Cliff Malta
from November 1940 to June 1944.

I am also trying to find any relatives whose
fathers/grandfathers served on this Radar Unit at Dingli cliff Malta during WW2

The Station was commanded initially by Flt Lt J.M.R.
Sutton from Wales then by Flt Lt Tony Clark and finally by Flt Lt H.J.N.Maxey.

My father William Crawford served as a Radar Operator on
this unit from its formation in London in August 1940 till he moved in April
1943 to RAF Helwan in Egypt.

I am also trying to find any RAF personnel or their
relatives who served on Radar in Malta during WW2, the units involved being No's
241, 242, 501, 502, 314 AMES.

Request 1243 Posted 10 Sep 2016

I am trying to find more details about a Peter Brown, a
test pilot in the Bridgnorth area during the 1950s. Apologies for the vagueness
of my query but any information will be much appreciated.

Chris Broom.

Request 1242 Posted 4 Sep 2016

I am looking to
make contact with anyone who was involved in the 1950s with dropping sweet peas
over the gravesite at the Cambridge (Madingley) American Cemetery. The name Ron
Webb, flying an Avro Anson with a specially modified door & shoot has been
suggested. Any info on these sweet pea drops which were made on Memorial Day
would be much appreciated.

Request 1241 Posted 20 Aug 2016

I’m looking for the Family of A C Parker (Service no
1819525) who was at the no 9 Radio school Yatesbury in 1944 as I have in my
possession a box full of letters sent to him by he’s wife Grace.

Many Thanks

Steve Johnson

Request 1240 Posted 14 Aug 2016

Not strictly RAF I know - but could be?

I'm trying to trace my natural father, all I know is
that he was stationed at Middle Wallop in 1964/5 albeit I don't have a
service/regiment or unit. I believe called Roy Roper, maybe known as 'Dean'
Roper & possibly held rank of Sgt. Would be aged 70 -80 today if still alive,
any help at all no matter how small greatly appreciated.

Jonathan Powell

Request 1239 Posted 5 Aug 2016

I am searching for information on the Radio Relay squadron,
2nd TAF in Laarbruch, West Germany, particularly around the late 1950’s to early
1960s. I am especially interested in lists of names connected to these years.
Any information on people from Lancashire. There is a man i am searching for who
was in this particular squadron at the same time as my granddad. His name is/was
Vince Nutter and was born in Brierfield, Lancashire, England. He was around 20
years old in 1958 and became a radio officer in merchant navy. Any information
would be appreciated greatly. Thank You.

Request 1238 Posted 5 Aug 2016

I was born in the RAF hospital in Wegberg in 1967. My
father was David Walter Soden.

I would love to find pictures of
my father, he passed away in May this year, can anyone
help?

Davina Cartmell

Request 1237
Posted 24 Jul 2016

I am Simon I run the Bury Table Tennis
League, This will seem a bit random for a moment but please bear with me. We
have a cup in our league called the Barlow Cup. The winner of the open singles
championships gets presented this cup. Twice throughout the years it has gone
missing but we have it back now. We are getting it restored and it will look
great when we have done this.

The Barlow Cup is named after a man named
Bill Barlow who died serving the RAF in 1944. It was presented to the Bury
league by Vernon Peatfield in 1947.

I have learned that Bill is buried in The
Alexandria Chatby Military & War Memorial Cemetery in Plot N164 and am currently
working on obtaining an image of his grave. His service number was 1060892 and
he was the son of James & Florence Barlow and married to Vera Barlow. He was 23
when he died meaning he was born in 1921 or 1922.

Both Bill & Vernon were National standard
table tennis players in the late 1930’s and are featured in a few magazine
articles from 1938 & 39 but i cannot find them in any other post war magazines.

Vernon & Bill were doubles partners and in
the late 1930's were a formidable doubles team making many finals together.

In addition to being doubles partners they
were frequently opponents. Bill won the open singles tournament in Bury in
1937/38 and in the 1938/39 season Vernon & Bill were opponents in the open
singles final with Vernon being victorious.

This cup has an engraving on the front of
it relating to how Bill passed serving for the RAF on the 8th August 1944. We
have correspondence (the last) from Vernon from 1959 stating that even though he
moved to Northampton he liked to keep in touch how the Bury League was
performing.

The cup will next be contested in early
April next year and we would love to trace a member of the Peatfield or Barlow
family to present the restored version to whomever wins it next.

I'm writing to you because (long shot of
the century) to see if you have any of you guys have any knowledge of anything
relating to Bill Barlow or Vernon Peatfield within your memory banks, Anything
at all that may help me track down a member of the Barlow or Peatfield family?
or, any interest in helping me promote this campaign so I can find somebody?

I have researched the name Peatfield and it
is not hugely common in the UK. There are hotspots for this surname in Yorkshire
and also Milton Keynes & Notts.

Vernon was A Vernon Peatfield. We believe
the A stood for Arthur and he possibly married a lady called Marjorie Naylor
although this may be incorrect. Bill was WT Barlow. I know Bill won the
Yorkshire open in 1939 but that is all I have on the guys.

Request 1236 Posted 16 Jul 2016

I am writing a book about the aircraft
crashes in my village of Glabbeek near Tienen in Belgium (total of 4). I need
more information, pictures of the crew and relatives concerned in the crash of
Vickers Wellington, R1471 KO-T of No 115 Sqn on 5 Jun 1941 at Glabbeek.

I am still looking wartime recollections
and especially photographs of Dakar, Lagos, Freetown, and Takoradi habours,
taken in late 1942-through July of 1943.

I am in the midst of a book focusing
upon the S.S. SANTA MARGARITA, a US Flagged freighter, that sailed up and down
the West Africa coast from 12 June to 11 August 1943. I am currently revising
and expanding a chapter on her time in West African waters. [Thank you to
everyone who contacted me in the past: I am looking for additional help at this
point.]

She took troops to Dakar, pre-fab
housing to Takoradi and various cargo back and forth on the coast. In August,
she loaded return cargo including mahogany logs, for the return trip to the
United States.

As one of the events to mark the centenary of the RAF, a
major commemoration and exhibition is being planned for April 2018 at the Jet
Age Museum at Staverton Airport. The primary purpose is to expand awareness and
understanding of the unique military aviation heritage in Cheltenham and the
surrounding region. If anyone has information, documents, anecdotes, stories,
photos or anything else that would be of use, please contact me, Mike Bryant, at
britbryant <a> hotmail .com

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Request 1232 Posted 13 May 2016

I am undertaking a project on RAF Chivenor during the BAe
Hawk months and years which were from the 1st of August 1980 until closure on
the 1st of October 1995. As part of this I am looking for the names of the
Squadron Commanders of No 63 squadron for the years 1985-1986 1990-1991 and
1991-1992 and any information on Flt Lt Dave Stobie during his posting to RAF
Chivenor. I do know that he was a Pilot on 92 Squadron as a Qualified Weapons
Instructor, OC Standards Flight and a former Phantom pilot. As part of
Chivenor's final airshow season he was the Command's Display Pilot for 1994 I
would particularly like to find out when he arrived on 92 squadron and when he
left 92 Squadron, might he have been with this Squadron during their service at
RAF Wildenrath?

Jonathan Karslake

Request 1231 Posted 13 May 2016

I am looking for any pictures of my uncles or anybody who
knew him in 61 Sqn - A J D Eaves at Skellingthorpe. He was killed in action on
26 November 1943 in Lancaster,QR-H, W4198 'Hells of Poppin' Contact me through
the link above.

Request 1230 Posted 20 Apr 2016

I would like some help on the following Royal Air Force
Squadron Number 63 and in particular the help I would like is the names of the
Squadron Commanders for the following years 1985-1986 1990-1991 1991-1992 this
would be during the time period when 63 Squadron was part of Number 2 Tactical
Weapons Unit at Royal Air Force Chivenor in North Devon.

Request 1229 Posted 15 Apr 2016

My name is John Walsh and I am looking for any help in
contacting Mr. R.S.NICOL or someone in his family.

I have in my possession an item that was presented to him
when he was in the RAF.

Unfortunately the only information I have is what is
engraved on the box.

It was presented to him by his commanding officer Group
Captain D.D. Rogers OBE at R.A.F. Seletar for his services as Pipe Major in May
1956-Nov 1957 .

I feel this box and contents should be back with him or his
family and not with me , so if anyone can point me in the right direction I
would be more than grateful.

My father Edward Patrick O'Malley 431260 of No 7 squadron
RAAF flew Mosquito's out of RAF Wyton in England in 1944 and 45. I believe he
was attached to No 128 squadron.

We had his log books and my brother lent them to someone
researching the squadron. Unfortunately my brother died and he did not record
who the documents were sent to. Any clues? Obviously I would like them back.

Regards,

Martin O'Malley

Request 1226 Posted 25 Feb 2016

I was with the
Royal Signals detachment that was attached to 86 MU? RAF Antwerp in 1957. We
handled all of their signal traffic. I spent six happy months with them until
the unit was closed as the end of 1957.

Although I have
searched the net quite thoroughly to find info on the old unit I have not been
able to find one scrap of evidence that they ever existed ! Which leads me to
question whether I did !!!!!

The unit was
housed in what was known as the Old Rice Mill with its front entrance on the
Vlaamskaai , with the storage facility opening up on to Museum Straat . Across
from which was Madeleines Cafe which was run by an old French Parisian woman &
the favourite local watering hole of all personnel.

I would imagine
that trying to find any info or anyone who was stationed there so long ago, is
the needle in the haystack syndrome but it would be really nice to find someone
from the RAF who served there , with the hope they could help me out with a few
memories or maybe a photograph .

Sincere Regards
.....Robert Wright

Request 1225 Posted 31 Jan 2016

As a result of various strange ‘co-incidences’ on visits to
East Kirkby during 2015, I am currently researching lancaster NF961 of 630
squadron. I would love to see a photograph of the aircraft and her seven crew if
at all possible.

After speaking to various sources I realise that this is
going to be quite a long shot, as the aircraft only lasted for eight operations
before crashing on the Yorkshire Moors during a training flight on 18/10/1944
with all crew lost.

I would also be interested in seeing a photo of Dennis
Holyoak, buried in Yardley, Birmingham, who was one of the crew. I have found
photos of the other six crew members but not him, which is a shame, as I have
been able to visit his grave and pay my respects.

Thanks in advance,

Karen Shortland

Request 1224 Posted 31 Jan 2016

On behalf of the
Frayn family in Calgary Canada I am looking for information about RCAF Pilot
Officer Richard Paul Frayn Born 08-12-1911 he was killed in a aircraft
accident on a trainings fligth by night on a Airspeed as an AS10 Oxford plane at
Whiteway near Cirencester, Gloucestershire on January 8th 1943.

However, the
family doesn't have any pictures of him, can anyone assist the family in
locating any?

Kind Regards

Aad Driessen

Request 1223 Posted 29 Jan 2016

I am looking for any information, pictures
or relatives of William Charles Pitts. I only know he served in Indonesia 1946,
possibly also some years before or after that.

Kind Regards,

Jeroen Duin

Request 1222 Posted 17 Jan 2016

Can anyone identify this officer who appears next to Hugh
Dowding in footage used in the American documentary Clash of Wings, part 2, The
Plunge into Reality?

Thank you

Dai Williams

Request 1221 Posted 17 Jan 2016

I hope to find any living
relatives of LAC MERVYN JOHN NURSE.

A 60th anniversary memorial will
be taking place next month and therefore would like to invite any relatives who
would like to attend

Thank you

M.J.TURNER {SUEZ VETS}

Request 1220 Posted 25 Dec 2015

Hi Can anyone put a name to this picture, the only clue I
have is RAF Colerne

Regards Tandy

Request 1219 Posted 29 Nov 2015

I'm looking for anyone who did their square bashing at
Padgate Lancs in 1951. My grandfather was there at that time. His name is
William Hunter 2557503.

My name is Chloe, I am looking for my great uncle’s log
book, he was a navigator in WW2. I finally found it on Ebay of all places but
it was sold, I got in touch with the seller and all he could do (which was very
kind) was forward my email onto the buyer. I understand the buyer not wanting
to get in touch with me but it is my families history so I will try anything to
even just have a digital copy.

It would mean so much if anyone has seen it floating
around, I have done some very extensive web searches and so far it has not
popped up again. I can send scans of birth certificates, photos, tags to
legitimize my request. Please see Jim’s information below, and the link to the
old Ebay listing.

I am trying to contact 2840607 ACW Liz Reid (maiden
name) RAF Kirton in Lindsay July Aug 1963. I want to return some old
photographs and a chain I have recently come across.

Liz Read

Request 1215 Posted 2 Nov 2015

I am trying to trace John Bennett
- he served at RAF Seletar, Singapore 1956-1958, serving his National
Service. Reginald 'John' E. Bennett is his full name but he was known as 'John'.
He was originally from Cheltenham, Glocs. He worked in the Pay Office at
Seletar. He was aged 19/20 years when he finished his National Service. Whilst
at Seletar, he was a member of the Choir at St. Georges Church, Seletar, along
with my Mum - Avril nee Haine, then aged 15 years

Request 1214 Posted 24 Oct 2015

I have found in an old book a petrol invoice dated 1930’s
for Flt Lt Ogilvie to refuel the above mentioned aircraft – which he then
owned .If any member of his family is interested I would be pleased to send
them the original or a copy.

I see that he survived the War and and retired an Air
Vice Marshall-so he had a very successful career

Fascinating piece of memorabilia

Lovely site too

Graham Whittaker

Request 1213 Posted 23 Oct 2015

I'm hoping / wondering if anyone reading this has any
information, photos or memories of my Grandfather. His name was Stanley Walter
James Andrews but more often than not was called Jim.

He was born in 1922 and sadly passed away in 1966 before
any of his Grandchildren were born. He spent WW2 in two squadrons, No.8 Mobile
Works Squadron and 5053 Airfield Construction. I believe he spent time in Libya
and Singapore at some point across these two units between 1941 - 1946.

He was from Croydon, South East London and reached the rank
of Leading Aircraftman and was never part of air crew.

Any help, stories or information from those that knew him
would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Steven Andrews

Request 1212 Posted 13 Oct 2015

I am
writing in the hope that someone may know of a Harold Blakeley (my Granddad)
service number:- 12283613. I don't know what squadron he served with but he did
marry a Kathleen Schorn in Calcutta, West Bengal India in 1932 so I was
wondering if anyone knew what squadron he might have been based with. I am doing
my family tree for my mother - Harold was her father but she knows nothing of
him nor has she ever seen a photograph of him. He bigamously married my Nan,
Edna Dixon in 1936 in Wharfedale where upon my mum Shirley was born and then
left shortly after. Mum did not find out of Harold until she was 17 and was
never allowed to talk about him. I have traced his family but him personally we
know nothing of., Please can anyone help.

Kind
regards

Sharry
Jepson

Request 1211 Posted 7 Sep 2015

Information required of 216 Squadron’s commanding officers
during the period of the First World War. Particularly in respect of William
Ronald Read. Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Alex Revell

Request 1210 Posted 24 Aug 2015

This has been answered.

Request 1209 Posted 20 Aug 2015

I am looking for a sibling, who
my father gave up for adoption while he served in the RAF, he served at North
Luffenham. 1970-1972 we have scant information. he is not sure of the gender of
this sibling, we have no name, and no real age, we think the child was born late
1971, put up for adoption early 1972. If there is anyone out there who served
with my farther, and knows a name of this child or the name of the mother. My
father's name was George Mason. My name is Andy Lisle-Mason, if anyone has any
information please email me using the link above.

Request 1208 Posted 20 Aug 2015

I'm trying to find any information regarding my father,
Raymond Malcom Haines, he was a RAF aircraft technician in Rhodesia in 1953.
after serving there he served in Malaysia and Singapore. While in Seleter we
were flown back to RAF Brize as he became ill in 1962, on boxing day that year
he sadly died aged 30, two years later my mother died also of cancer.
I have tried many sites hoping that someone may see my post and might be able to
help me. I was 3 at the time.

Thank you Carol Brown

Request 1207 Posted 20 Aug 2015

I am trying to locate my father as above. I know he
was in the RAF catering. I believe he came from Aylesbury - but not 100%. I
believe he may be a couple of years older than my mum who was born in 1919.

My mum (Kitty Collis) lived in Walton on Thames and
may have met in the Wayside Hotel (or Boarding House) and at some point after
war(about 1947 they went together to Brighton for a couple years to work in
catering in hotels. This was where I was born.(Sept 1948). Then they moved back
to Walton and within a couple of years he was out of my life - probably because
I understand he was already married with 3 children. I am told it was 3 girls
and two of them were twins, and that around that time they were between 9 - 12
yrs of age.

I am now 66 years of age and still know very little
about my father who will now be deceased Im sure. If only I could have a DoB
!!.

I was given my sister's father's surname COLLIS.
And my Birth Certificate is NOT correct..

I won't go on too much until I receive a reply - but
would like some guidance. He must be registered somewhere for RAF Catering
training in WW11

Many thanks,

Jan White

Request 1206 Posted 20 Mar 2015

If anyone reading this knows the whereabouts of the flying
log books, or any other items, for my husband's grandad, Cyril Norman ELLEN,
we'd be enormously grateful if you would get in touch.
Cyril Ellen joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915, initially as a Chief
Petty Officer, and gained a Commission at the end of 1916. He was an observer
during WW1, entering the Royal Air Force on the first list in April 1918. He
gained his Wings in 1921 and remained in the RAF until retirement in 1946,
retaining the rank of Air Commodore.

Many thanks, Annie Barnes

Request 1205 Posted 20 Mar 2015

I have in my possession a gift from a Leopald Herbert
Stewart given to a lady by the name of Eileen Evans dated 19/2/1944 it may well
have been lost over the years, if the gentleman or the lady would like it
returned i would be glad to do so. I realise that both people may well have
passed on and not wishing to be unkind or bring back old memories. It is signed
by a wing commander Steward who I think may have been a Squadron Leader after
this time.

Yours truly M. Baden.

Request 1204 Posted 13 Mar 2015

I am trying to trace why Flight Sergeant Algernon
Crompton service no 34168 was awarded the B.E.M recorded in the gazette January
1945.

Request 1203 Posted 13 Mar 2015

Whilst researching our Ancestry we came across a letter
addressed to our Father.

During WW2 he served as an aircraft mechanic, and was
stationed in South Africa for some of the time.

We have a letter from "Glendore" the "Claremont's
Hospitality Home for Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Men of the Merchantile
Marine"

It is dated 8th November 1944 and sent from Main Road,
Claremont, Cape.

It appears our Father wrote to them to thank them for
their hospitality, and a Helen Tomlinson from "Glendore" is replying to thank
him for his kind words.

Would anyone know any more about this place please?

Thank you

Andrew Chrimes

Request 1202 Posted 6 Mar 2015

I am looking for information about P/O F J Harniman.

P/O Harniman was
navigator/observer in the aeroplane piloted by my late uncle when it was shot
down. The info I have shows:

(copyright NAA and Alan
Storr)Aircraft Type: MosquitoSerial number: W 4065Radio call sign: GB – NUnit: ATTD 105 SQN RAFSummary:Mosquito W4065 took off from RAF Horsham St
Faith at 1302 hours on the 19th August 1942, detailed to carry out an armed
recce over Bremen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off
and it failed to return to base.Crew :RAAF 404658 PO Kelly, C D Captain (Pilot)RAF 102142 PO Harniman, F J (Observer)PO Kelly lost his life and PO Harniman was a
POW.

If any of your members
has any info about FJ Harniman I would be grateful.

Kind Regards

Brian Josephson

Request 1201 Posted 1 Mar 2015

I'm trying to locate a book written by Sqn Leader Treby
he was an engineer with 'Coastal Command ' and worked
on Sunderlands . Can you help ? Regards D

I am looking for information or recollection of an Airman
3rd class stationed during this period.

His name was Willy (Green or Gray) Ellis from the U.S.

One thing that may help is that I am lead to believe he was
possibly Court Martialled for an altercation with his commanding officer and
that the newspapers were involved, this was more likely 1955.

If anyone remembers anything about this or has any
papers/year books etc that may provide a clue to his actual name and what
happened, please email me on the link above

This could enable me to complete a very long search for
answers.

Yours sincerely

Billy

Request 1199 Posted 9 Feb 2015

I am looking for any information on Jack Vere. He was in
the RAF during the war. I think he was stationed in Yorkshire. He has two
sons, John and Guy. Guy and Jack went to South Africa. He was very good at
squash.

Thanks, Daryth Patten.

Request 1198 Posted 9 Feb 2015

I am looking for anyone or photos of the American
medical who were at RAF Hospital Nocton specially with to regard to a George
Readon if anyone could help I would appreciate it

Theresa walker

Request 1197 Posted 22 Jan 2015

I am tracing the flying career of Flt Lt AJS Hodson DFC who
flew with 76 Squadron in WW2 - including the raid on Peenemunde- can anyone
help- please reply using the link above

Request 1196 Posted 9 Jan 2015

I did my National Service as a
radar mechanic on 66 Squadron Hunters stationed at Linton then Acklington
between November 1956 and June 1958. We had a Squadron photo taken outside the
hangar at Linton around Christmas 1956 crowded around a Hunter but my copy got
lost and I wonder if anyone has a copy.

I am a design history
researcher researching and writing a paper on a European emigre who came to
Britain in the 1930s to escape the grip of the Reich. I understand in reading
testimonies from those close to him that he was involved in paint development
research for the RAF in the early 1940s. Can anyone recommend any relevant
resources, archives, books that might be useful?

Thanks, Duane Kahlhamer

Request 1193 Posted 31 Dec 2014

I am searching for
a picture of my grandfather George Hodgkins of the 600 squadron based at Biggin
Hill in 1950. He part of the procession during the funeral of HM King George V1

Thank you and
wishing you a happy new year

NIGEL MOORE

Request 1192 Posted 29 Dec 2014

My name is Anne Gafiuk. I am a
freelance writer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, working on a wartime scrapbook
project. Within its pages is a list of men who trained at the RAF #31 EFTS base
in DeWinton, Alberta during WWII.

I have letters and photos, plus
anecdotes about the men. I would be happy to reunite them (electronic copies—
as the scrapbook belongs to a Canadian family) with the original person or their
families, if possible.

Also, I am looking people who
could share stories about their time at #31 EFTS with photos, if available for a
book about WWII and how it affected Okotoks and DeWinton, Okotoks being the town
closest to DeWinton.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Anne

Request 1191 Posted 21 Dec 2014

My Dad, LAC William Henry
Stallard, served at RAF Seletar, Singapore, was at Kuala Lumpur (Burma) and
later at BCAIR Iwakuni shortly after the Hiroshima bomb. (Demob Friday May 16th
1947)

He was known as "Jock" then, by his family as
"Harry", and by my Mum as "Bill."

I regret to say I know next to nothing about
his service time, just a few stories when I was a kid.

My Dad died in October 2007. My Mum, Betty, is
still going strong!

I'm trying to find out as much as possible
about his service, particularly 17 Squadron and SE 7132

I would love to hear from anyone who may have
information - I have photos I can upload but not sure how do this on this site -

Thanks, all the best, Jim
Stallard

Request 1190 Posted 10 Dec 2014

Any help re No 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group operating
from Windsor Field Bahamas 1942-1944 or any links to William Frederick Morris-
Radio Officer, Elwood Palmer Walmsley - pilot or Peter Leonard Taylor - air
gunner who were the crew of a Martin Baltimore aircraft FA427 which crashed on
take off killing pilot and radio officer.

Regards

Don

Request 1189 Posted 25 Nov 2014

I am trying to find info on Jonathan Joseph Dennis he
served at Thorny and at Locking during early/mid 1960s, any assistance great
fully received, Jon Gilbert

Request 1188 Posted 22 Nov 2014

Having looked at your very interesting and informative
site. My uncle Flt Sgt William M Patterson RAFVR was rda/nav on 96 Sqn Mosquito
MM451 piloted by P/O John Cecil Owen Allen both reported missing on the night
of 7/6/44 baled out 10miles seaward of Manson due to engine failure search made
but not found, I understand from another site that P/O Allen had a son, I have
been trying to find out more as my cousin Flt Sgt Pattersons son would hope to
get in contact if possible so far without luck and was hoping someone with aid
of your site might help.

Many thanks Brian Patterson

Request 1187 Posted 22 Nov 2014

I am submitting an enquiry for
any information/images of Ronald Manning who I believed served in the RAF as a
LAC in Oldenberg, Germany between 1952-1955.

He was engaged and later married
to April Privett. I believe the address his letters were sent to was:

4067384 LAC Manning

No 3 M.R.S.U

R.A.F Oldenburg

2nd T.A.F

B.A.O.R. 25

GERMANY

Any information or help would be
greatly appreciated!

Please email me using the link
above.

Thanks,

Sophie Abbott

Request 1186 Posted 10 Nov 2014

I am wondering if anyone new Patrick (Pat or Paddy)
Joseph O'Brien, born in 1920 and I believe served in Burma, Air Sea Rescue. He
died in 1985, when I was 18 years, and I know little about him. Many thanks.
Cathie

Request 1185 Posted 8 Nov 2014

Can anyone tell me the date when RAF Wildenrath was
visited by the AOC, 2TAF to carry out a full station inspection? I think it was
sometime in May 1953.

Norman Brown

Request 1184 Posted 5 Nov 2014

Hi my name is Rob and I am trying to find old pictures
of Madley air base or anything related as my now late grandad was based there.
His name was Sgt David Cook and no. 3035178 I have found his flight record and
he was in unit 4 RS Madley. I'm not holding out much hope but any info or where
to go for pics etc would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Robert Mepham

Request 1183 Posted 30 Oct 2014

Albert Harold Ernest PARKER (Known as Harold or 'Hal')

Albert was my father and I believe he was in the RAF in
WW2, possibly a Flt Sgt and possibly in Burma?

Unfortunately my parents separated when i was 3 years old
and I never met my father again - I recently found out that he died in 1981.

I am working on my family tree and I'd very much appreciate
input from anyone who knows anything about him.

Regards

Anthony Parker

Request 1182 Posted 28 Sep 2014

Could anyone please help me find information on my Great
Uncle Sergeant PETER ALLAN RAF PILOT.... Died 1 August 1930 result of an air
crash at Bedford, England Parents Susannah & the late P.A.Allan of Edinburgh,
Scotland. PETER had 1 Sister. Don't know of any other siblings PETER is my
grandmothers 1/2 brother.

My grandmother came to N.Z. as a young bride with her
Kiwi husband Charles Beloe..

Grandmother told us PETER was once the King's
Pilot???????

Any information or photos for our family in New Zealand
would be appreciated.

Thanks, Judy Philpott nee Beloe....

Request 1181 Posted 30 Aug 2014

I'm attempting to
find a photo(s) of the Wellingtons used by No. 109 Squadron RAF in their
missions to the Middle East in October, 1941.

Six Wellingtons were modified with the Jostle II communications jammer for use
during Operation Crusader in November, 1941. As stated earlier, they left the UK
in October. This photo is for use in an upcoming book to show the installation
and to also compare it to a similar device tested by the USAAC.

Can anyone assist me or know someone who might be able to?

Alan Griffith

Request 1180 Posted 17 Aug 2014

My name is Leon Janssen, and I have a RAF motorcycle.
I'm looking now for pictures of RAF motorcycles! And motorcycles in the area of
Sheffield during the second world war!

Kind Regards,

Leon Janssen

Request 1179 Posted 14 Aug 2014

I am trying to trace my late Father-in-Laws RAF Record. The
information I have at present is:-

Name:- John (Jack) R Downing.

Number :-W1517775

He was shot down on 21/22 Feb 1945 in Aijen. He survived
but I cannot find a POW number. (Non listed) At the time he was in 170 Sq based
at Hemswell. I recall him telling me this was his first flight from Hemswell and
he had lost his lucky silk scarf before this trip.

I am trying to find out where he was prior to this. I
believe he was a rear gunner in Lancs during his war service.

After he was demobbed he rejoined the RAF and served all
over the place, Ceylon (I think this was post 1945), Burma (again post 1945)
Aden, Cyprus, Christmas Island, Maralinga, Germany ,as well as the UK.

He was very reluctant to talk about his service in the RAF
but I am trying to gather as much information about him that I can. Any help
would be appreciated.

Request 1178 Posted 2 Aug 2014

My father John Morey served with 62 Squadron before and
during WW2. He has now died. Is anyone out there who was a member of 62
Squadron? Just looking for a bit more information about the Squadron's roles and
work. Thank you. Julia Holder

Request 1177 Posted 2 Aug 2014

I have recently found some photographs from RAF Basra,
Iraq, from 1929 -1931. I have no information about these photos, apart from the
name LAC Hathaway, and the soldier studying him is called Jack. If anyone
recognises any of the people in these photos, I’d love to learn more about them.

Many thanks

Stuart Glover

Request 1176 Posted 27 Jul 2014

I
am looking for information on Sopwith snipes flying from Netheravon in 1925. In
particular the most likely colour schemes , and especially any info on the Snipe
that Gilbert Insall would have flown.

Many thanks

Terry Grace

Request 1175 Posted 24 Jul 2014

I'm seeking info concerning
my father, Cpl Fred Crompton, RFC 26218 as I found a photo of him a few days ago
whilst researching mechanics, observation balloon sections, Palestine 1917.

The man at the front is my father, the only photo I have of him with others in
the RFC.

Could anyone assist in providing more information on his
career?

Many thanks

Dennis Crompton

Request 1174 Posted 11 Jul 2014

My name is Mikael from Sweden and I am
helping my dear friend Sandra to find out more about the story around her
grandmother Annemarie Booge and the unknown soldier who had her pregnant soon
after the Second World War ended. In that time Annemarie lived in the village
Uetersen not so far from the famous Rosarium.

We have been told that his name was
Alexander, a Canadian soldier so we guess that he was stationed at the RAF
controlled base in Uetersen with some of the Canadian Squadrons there? It was
about here my interest started.. Today we know a little bit more about the life
at the base because we came in contact with Mr Peter Jackson who had written two
wonderful books about the soldiers mission 45-55 at Uetersen. The baby girl (Kerstien)
was adopted away very soon after her birth in May 1946 to a couple in the region
of Hamburg. Annemarie past away in 2003 but before that her daughter Kerstien
had a chance to speak to her about her father. Unfortunately there is not so
much more than that he was a Canadian soldier and that they met at the Barracks.
We also know that she told Kerstien that she was their Lovechild. The reason why
she adopted her away was because she was not able to take care of her and her
life shouldn’t have been as good as if a loving couple took good care of her.
Some months before her birth Alexander was called back home so he asked a friend
to take care about Annemarie.
Who was the friend, could he have been an English soldier?

In the beginning of June this year me
and my friend had a road trip to Germany to found out more about her relatives
and found out that Annemarie born 3.2.1923 short after the adoption start
working for the RAF base herself.

Photo’s of Annemarie at
that time she worked on the base.

In 1949 she met a Polish man with name
Horst Gustav Richard Klimaschewski born 24.1.1926 in Stettin, Poland who worked
for the Englishman as a telegraph man at the base. They married in 1950 and had
two boys but they never lived together which is very curious? He lived in
Hamburg and met a younger girl..

Mr Klimaschewski

At the road trip we also went to a small
village called Bliesdorf-Kunersdorf were Annemarie’s loved brother RIP with many
other soldiers near the Polish border, Oder. We found out that he was killed the
20th of February 1945 in Ortwig just before the hell brooked down in Seelow
Heights. The boy soldier will now have his grave stone that the grave is
missing; he died only 19 years old.

One day Sandra’s Father told Kerstien
that he got an employment in the famous factory Hasselblads in Gothenburg so
they had the possibility to move to Sweden and start a new life there. Sandra’s
oldest brother was born in Germany but she and her younger brother was born in
Gothenburg/Bergsjön, Sweden, a place with fantastic nature and a lake to play
with their friends. Kerstien and her daughter both became great artists and the
talent must have came from Alexander. Annemarie has told Kerstien that he had
drawn a great picture of her.
Today Sandra’s loving father has passed away and the memory is all that she has
left of him so that is why this story matters so much to her to find out about
her relatives through the history. For many of us it is a matter of course to
know about our relatives but when a war gives the life other options will the
reason to knowledge take a bigger place….

Some questions which you maybe can help
us with:

Can you please post the photos of
Annemarie and Mr Klimaschewski in hope that anyone may recognize them?

Who was Alexander? Are there any picture
of him and Anne Marie?

Is there any photos to find out with her
at the base 1945-52?

Any photos of Mr Klimashewski and who
was he?

Have any of your readers some idea or
some photos were any of them appear?

Request 1173 Posted 11 Ju1 2014

My grandfather served in the RAF, 541 Sqn in 1949, his
name is Ronald Foskett. It's his birthday next month and I am desperately trying
to find some information or photographs to give to him as a present.

If anyone has any information please get in touch using
the link above.

Many thanks.

Request 1172 Posted 15 Jun 2014

I am currently researching and writing Victors' War
which is about the RAFVR and WAAF "war stories" of my late parents, Victor
Seymour Swain and Dorothy Iris Swain nee Huggins. Vic Swain served in 114 (RAF
West Raynham, North Africa, Italy) and 13 Squadrons (North Africa, Italy) and
232 Wing (Hassani, Greece); won the DFC in 1945 (attacking the Polesella bridge
over the River Po); was seconded to USAAF in North Africa; remained in the RAF
post-war until 1966; his last posting was as Wing Commander (Flying) at RAF
Benson under a Group Captain O'Neill (as I recall); became a Principal in the
Civil Service at the Ministry of Defence, involved (I understand) in personnel
security vetting. Dorothy Iris Huggins served at RAF West Raynham (tailoring
shop). I am especially interested in memories, stories and anecdotes by anybody
who knew either of them at any time in their RAF careers, or who can recount
"everyday life" in the above squadrons in WW2. David Swain

Request 1171 Posted 15 Jun 2014

My
name is Heather Holden nee Blake and I am trying to identify the RAF Officer in
the attached photo.

I am researching my fathers war record with his
photos. I believe this was taken at Aswan Airport about June /July 1942 when the
papers from Cairo were being sent to London after "Ash Wednesday".

My father (Sgt. Basil Blake) is at the back on the
left and his friend (Sgt.Robert E Hall) at the back on the right behind who I
believe to be ATS Margery Lassiter.

(Crew arrived at RAF Brize Norton in April 1944, flew on D
Day but had to crash land at Greenham Common)

Edgar Bonser was seconded in to 297 Sq on 27th
August to fly on a mission to France with F/Sgt Alan Busbridge. The plane
crashed on return to RAF BRize Norton and all the crew were lost.

I would be interested to know if any of his regular crew
are still alive.

Monica Tudor

Request 1169 Posted 15 Jun 2014

I am looking for anyone with memories of WW2 fighter ace
Brendan 'Paddy' finucane. Perhaps you were based at the same station or one of
your relatives knew him.

Anything at all is interesting - please do get in touch.

Many Thanks,

John Donovan

Request 1168 Posted 15 Jun 2014

I am looking for a photograph of Sergeant Peter Neville
HEWITT. He was a air gunner in the Volunteer reserve in No 103 Sqn and later No
12 OTU at Chipping Wwarden and died in 1944 aged 20 near Northampton. I am
desperately trying to find a picture of him or him with his crew.

Georgia

Request 1167 Posted 2 Jun 2014

Hi My Name is John Lancashire and I am interested in
finding more about My Uncle ‘s Time in the second world His Name was Albert
Bishop Lancashire, he was a navigator in bomber command I believe based in
various bases on the east coast, He also helped to teach the American air force
bombers to navigate at night. The family do not have his flight log it went
missing a long time ago . So I am asking if anyone could help find his log book
or let me know if they served with my uncle. Have information or stories they
could let me know would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

John Lancashire

Request 1166 Posted 30 May 2014

My father, Fred Hockings, was stationed at Cairo West
during WW2 with Ferry Squadron, he was an aircraftsman. I am trying to find out
more about his time there, he died 6 years ago, we did take him back to Cairo
before he died but so much had changed.

If anyone has any information or tales of their time
there I would love to hear about it.

Lynn Kitson

Request 1165 Posted 25 May 2014

I was an engine mechanic at Martlesham
Heath 1952-1954 and my memory is failing me as regards recalling the name of the
Station No 2 ie Station Adjutant at that time to CO Wing Commander Oldbury DFC.

I’d be grateful - even over the top - if
sks (some kind soul) could help me win the day against this appalling memory
setback that I have the misfortune to be encumbered with.

Someone out there must have a memory in
better shape than this old codger’s. Here’s hoping; as the saying goes, hope
springs eternal.

Request 1164 Posted 16 May 2014

I’m researching RAF Clyffe Pypard and would like to contact
anyone who served there from its opening (as No 29 Elementary Flying Training
School) in September 1941 to closure (by then relegated to use as a transit camp
for Lyneham) in the early 1960s.

I’ve consulted the official records (F.540/Operational
Record Books, local government records, aircraft records etc), but need personal
recollections, log book details and photos – anything in fact, to properly
document this little-known airfield.

Request 1163 Posted 24 Apr 2014

I would like information on Jas.
A. Robb , Rail Transport Officer, No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, Royal Air
Force, Montreal Airport, Dorval P. Que. About Oct 1944. I am hoping to be
able to link him to my father, Henry J. Drew, Inspector, and his planned trip to
South America, Galapagos Islands.

Henry B Drew

Request 1162 Posted 13 Apr 2014

My name is Derek Goffin and I and my older brother would be
grateful if anyone could assist us with information regarding to our father’
Jack Herbert Goffin [April 1927-February 2000] (FMA) About his time served
[as far as we know] in the 82 Squadron between 1940! till late 1945. First here
in England and then in India/ Burma from about 1942-1945 when he return to
England and left the RAF. Any information about Jack Goffin or of 82
Squadron would be greatly received as well as any photos you may have?.

He came from Norwich, Norfolk, England. I have enclose
three photos, one of Jack Goffin and another with him [back far left] and five
other lads, on the back of this photo is ”Norwich lads on squadron Kolar,
1943”(no idea who the other fire lads are. do you) And the other has on the back
of the photo ”1000th sortie celebration".

Request 1161 Posted 18 Apr 2014

My Grandfather, Norman Quick, 130698, was a Flight
Lieutenant, Navigator on Lancasters with 150 Squadron from November 1944 to May
1945.
I have his Flying Logs which show the aircraft he was on which I'm pleased
about. It shows he was on - Lancaster JB613 which was coded IQ-Y. Other aircraft
he flew in were NG359 IQ-L, NN742 IQ-U, PB746 IQ-X, PB817 IQ-Q, NN752 IQ-R,
RF243 IQ-N, RA584 IQ-A, PB738 IQ-A. IQ-H was ME486 and IQ-S was NG333.

I would like to appeal to anyone who may have
information on these aircraft or even better photographs of them?

The purpose of my appeal is my mums birthday is coming
up and I'd like to put photographs of an actual Lancaster my Grandfather was on
in a frame with a portrait of her Dad.

Request 1160 Posted 18 Apr 2014

I'm researching a TV documentary. Can you help me find
Rafael Gray, approx 96-7 yrs old. He was flight sergeant in 81 Sqn in 1944
Burma.
He has a son initial J maybe John?

Request 1159 Posted 13 Apr 2014

I am trying to find either the survivors or relatives of
the survivors of the crew of Wellington
XIII, NB824 -
F Freddie. The
bomber, of RAF Coastal Command, Langham, Norfolk, crashed on take-off on the 26
March 1945, killing the four members of the crew who were in the front of the
plane. These were:-

W/O John Brogan Pilot

Flt/Sgt Frederick A Harris Co-pilot

Flt/Sgt Leonard Shelton Cuthbert

Sgt Leonard Lewis Laming

I am a relative of Flt Sgt Frederick A Harris and have now
traced relatives of the other three who were killed.

The survivors were:-

Sgt J Marston From a letter written to Flt Sgt Harris’
father I know that he came from Hathershaw, Oldham

Sgt D R Carter 1295425

W/O C E Loftus

It would help if I knew the forenames of the survivors. I
have had no success with Sgt Carter even though I have his service number.
There may well be a commemoration of the crash of this Wellington on the 70th
anniversary next year and it would be a pity not to have relatives of the
survivors there as well as those killed.

Any help would be appreciated.

Patricia Harris

Request 1158 Posted 13 Apr 2014

I am looking for some
Information or photo's of my Gran's Brother who was killed during world war II.

His name was Sgt Kenneth Henry
Dean and he was a flight engineer in 61 Sqn RAF.

I understand from some
research he was a crew on Lancaster ND727 which I believe was shot down on
19/03/1944 on a mission to bomb Frankfurt, Germany.

If anyone has any more
information, copy reports or photograph's I would really appreciate your help.

Many thanks.

Request 1157 Posted 6
Apr 2014

I am looking for information on
the following airman, killed in action over the Netherlands while on a
bombing raid to Kassel on 28 August 1942, while serving as a pilot with 12
Sqn RAF:

Sergeant Douglas Spencer Ewart McNeil
1312485 RAFVR, he served in following locations during training, and
then with 12 Sqn:

Douglas gained his wings in December 1941. It appears as of Easter 1942
he was flying Beaufighters, but then went on to Wellingtons.

The radio call sign of X3802 was
PH – J.

RAAF records indicate
the aircraft "crashed in the garden of Mr Giezman-Nieuwenweg, 58 of
Poeldijk on the
south west outskirts of Den Haag, (Zuid-Holland)".

The family
has been looking for years for a photo of him while in the air force.

Regards.

Richard
MacNeil

Request 1156 Posted 23 Mar 2014

Does anyone have any information on 2nd Lt William Reason Bishop or 2nd Lt
Douglas Fraser Mackintosh (who Served as George Matthews) of 55 Squadron Royal
Flying Corps.

Their DH4 was shot down on 2nd October 1917 near Meulebeke Belgium on a raid on
the airfield at Marcke near Kortrij, both Bishop (pilot) and Matthews (observer)
were killed

I am a great, great-nephew of 2nd Lt Bishop and have
been researching his and Matthews story and would be really interested and
grateful to hear from anyone who knows anything about them or 55 Squadron in
September and October 1917. Does anyone have any photographs of 55 Squadron or
the airfield at Boisdinghem at this time?

Thanks and Regards

Richard Bishop

Request 1155 Posted 23 Mar 2014

I am looking for any information
about my cousin Harold Thomas Lydford b.1898, d.1979, flew in WWI and served in
WWII. Member RAF Delegation to Washington DC in 1942, Promoted to Air Marshal,
and received CBE in 1945.

Regards, Pamela Lydford

Request 1154 Posted 13 Mar 2014

I'm Looking for information about his (my) grandfather
Anthony Szczepanski born 01/17/1904 in Brzeźno. Until 1939 he lived in Koronowo,
Poland.

I would be grateful for any information about it
Regards
Janusz Baranowski

Request 1153 Posted 9 Mar 2014

Does anyone know where in Lossiemouth the women of the
NAAFI were housed during WW11? My mother was there during the war and I'd like
to visit the place she stayed if possible.

Regards, Jeanette Dunlop.

Request 1152 Posted 5 Mar 2014

My name is Rob Bangma and I live in the Netherlands nearby
Rotterdam. I have a Dive Center at the Oostvoornse meer in the south of
Holland. On July the 4th 1940 a Bristol Blenheim, L8866 was shot down and
crashed near Oostvoorne. The captain Ivor Worthington-Wilmer and Sgt George
Edwin Maydon where buried at in Oostvoorne and Zwartewaal. However Sgt Jesse
George Stanley was never found.

We are searching the lost bomber and possible remains of
Stanley. I have only one photograph of captain Ivor Worthington-Wilmer and am
looking for photographs and possible family contacts. Could anyone help me to
get further information?

Request 1151 Posted 1 Mar 2014

I am searching for information about 1301604 LAC Jack
Bennett of 215 A.M.E.S and then later 2198 Squadron stationed in the Middle East
until 1944. Jack was in correspondence with my late great aunt until 1944 and
any information on him would be greatly appreciated. Please email me on the
above or at lauratansell@yahoo.co.uk

Request 1150 Posted 1 Mar 2014

Today I received an email from
Michael Servos, in Australia, about a photo of his great uncle with my father
Flt. Lt. Richard Davies 61 Squadron.

I was thrilled to be able to
send him the photo. My father was killed in 1943 and his great Uncle in
1945. I wonder if any of the men in the photo survived the war?

Request 1149 Posted 1 Mar 2014

I wonder if anyone remembers my father
Flight Lieutenant Basil Proddow who flew in Squadron 174 in the Second World
War. I know his spent the second part of the war as a prisoner of war. I enclose
the squadron picture with him highlighted.

Request 1148 Posted 20 Feb 2014

I would be grateful if anyone could assist me with
information regarding my father. (who, I assume, is now dead)

I would be grateful for any information. I have looked at
every RAF website but have gleaned nothing.

I have applied for a copy of H W Kelly's wedding
certificate but I have had to take a guess at the year he married (1935?) and so
do not know if my application will be successful.

Thank you.

David Privett

Request 1147 Posted 20 Feb 2014

I am researching the aircraft my dad flew during his RAF
service 1942-6. He flew Avro Ansons at No. 61 Air School, George during 1944 and
though I have the log books, I’m struggling to find the aircraft based there as
his log book entries for them do match the standard type ref nos.

The ones I have are:

Y1,Y,U2,V1,T1,M1,D2,F1,G,01,H,U1,S1,X1.

Can anyone help please?

Request 1146 Posted 2 Feb 2014

Can anybody help please .I have a WW1 WRIST id tag and
possibly an Officers W.HAMMOND RFC 282321 and on the Reverse Queens RWS...Cant
find anything about him at all.

Request 1145 Posted 15 Jan 2014

I recently found this photograph in my mother's
possessions. I know it was taken around Christmas time, no idea which year,
during the WW2, in Derby. If anyone knows the names of the people on the
picture I would be interested to know. My mother Francis (usually known as
Fran) probably took the picture. I believe they were men from the 21 Squadron.

Gail

Request 1144 Posted 12 Jan 2014

I found this chap dumped at the local tip, any idea who he
could be?

Request 1143 Posted 8 Jan 2014

Hello, I'm an airline captain
retired, but now an aviation books writer.

As my parents helped two RAF Halifax members to escape
from the enemy in April/May 1943, I'm writing this story. Those crewmen are Jim
Alderdice and David Jones shot down during the night of 16-17 April 1943, flying
the Halifax II DT690 MH-A Bar, according to the RAF Bomber command losses book.
I'm searching information about Snaith airfield at that time. Who was the
station commander ? I'm in contact with Alderdice daughters but nothing about
Jones. We presume he died a few time after war. I'm interested by any pictures
of Snaith airfield and 51 Squadron. Thank you. Best regards. Bernard

Request 1142 Posted 7 Jan 2014

I am looking for anyone that assist me
in gathering information about my fathers time spent in England from March 1944
to June 1945.

His name was Harold (known as Pat)
Hindle and was with RAAF 461 Squadron based at Pembroke Dock and spent some time
at Sullom Voe.

Bryan Hindle

Request 1141 Posted 21 Dec 2013

I am trying gather what
information I can on Flying Officer/ Navigator - John Campbell RAFVR, service
number 1670594/(164124) of 608 Squadron RAF Downham Market.

He was badly injured when the
Mosquito he was in crashed killing the pilot on November 10th 1944 He was later
medically discharged on November 13th 1945 retaining his rank of Flying Officer.

Does anyone know what happened
to him or have any details at all?

Dave Jones.

Request 1140 Posted 23 Nov 2013

I am trying to locate a photo of No 3 (SERVICING) Wing
No 10 OTU taken in August 1945 at RAF Abingdon, it is for my brother who is
Deaf /Blind, and is a picture of our Father with all of the crew in front of the
plane in the front of the hanger. We have the original Photo which is damaged
and I would like to get a copy for him before his sight goes
completely. Could anyone possibly help me in any way. My Father's name was
LAC George James Marsh, nickname (Curly Marsh) and was stationed at RAF
Lossiemouth in Scotland during the war. He was from Sheffield and returned there
after the war. He was well known as a Drummer in all the Bands.

Many Thanks for any assistance anyone can give me

Yours sincerely

Patricia Marsden.

Request 1139 Posted 20 Nov 2013

In October 2014 we will unveil a plaque in
memory of member of Lancaster ND755 (TL-J) of 35 Squadron shot down 20 October
1944 at Wintzenbach in eastern France. Could anyone help us to find the families
of the eight airmen killed in action. I would also like a picture of the crew of
the pilot F/O RW Brown (DFC), if anyone can help
Thank you in advance for your help.

Patrick Baumann

commune de Wintzenbach

Request 1138 Posted 17 Nov 2013

I am looking for a photograph of this navigator, Flt Lt H.G.
Innes DFC and /or his crew who were shot down in their Lancaster JA919 GT, on
operations to Hanover on 27th September 1943 flying from RAF Warboys,,156
Squadron, PFF, his 29th operation

He joined 156 Squadron from 1662 C.U on 15/4/1943
Born.. Belfast 1914...lived in Glasgow
Father... John Fraser-Gray Innes DSC

Can anyone help?
Kind Regards,
Martin Pearce

Request 1137 Posted 13 Nov 2013

My name is Paul Brenson my grandfather was called George
Brenson . He was part of 977 Sqn in 1941 stationed out in North Africa . He was
a barrage balloon operator I think. I have some great photos of my grandfather
and his Sqn on board HMD Highland Monarch in Dec 1941. Also photos in Egypt
North Africa, South Africa and El Kantara. If anyone knew my gentleman grand
farther or has any interest on the rear of the Sqn photo on the HMS Highland
Monarch is the names of everyone in the photo.

Request 1136 Posted 1 Nov 2013

Gosport D-Day Fellowship was
formed last year to increase knowledge and interest, both for residents and
visitors, in the huge role which Gosport played in the preparations and
embarkations for Operation Overlord.

We are hoping to initiate an
annual ceremony of commemoration in Gosport for all involved and to place
information boards around the town at strategic sites. We also wish to place a
leaflet/booklet in local Tourist Information Centres, Museums, etc, with further
information, to enhance the information boards. We also hope to give talks on
the subject with slide shows.

If anybody has any personal
stories, or stories passed on by a relative, about Gosport at this time, which
we could mention in the booklet and when giving talks, we would be most grateful
if you would contact us through the link above.

Secretary

Penny Harris

Request 1135 Posted 1 Nov 2013

Wellington MKX111 Serial NB824. 524
Squadron Coastal Command.

I am searching for relatives of the Crew of this aircraft
which crashed on take-off at RAF Langham, Norfolk on 26 March 1945 killing four
of the seven crew. I know the details of the crash having obtained a copy of
the Flying Accident Card.

W/O John J Brogan
Pilot )

Flt/Sgt Frederick A Harris
Co-pilot )

Flt/Sgt Leonard Shelton Cuthbert Navigator
) All killed

Sgt Leonard Lewis
Laming
)

I am a relative of Flt/Sgt Harris and am in touch relatives
of W/O Brogan and Sgt Laming, but to date I have been unsuccessful in finding
relatives of Flt/Sgt Cuthbert.

Survived

Sgt J Marston I know that he came from Hathershaw, Oldham.

I have had no success from writing to the local press.

Sgt D R Carter

W/O C E Loftus

I do not know the Christian names of the three survivors or
their service numbers. It is possible there will be a ceremony for the 70th
anniversary of this crash in 2015 so I am keen to find relatives of all the crew
if possible. I have identified W/O Brogan, Flt/Sgt Harris and Sgt Laming in a
photograph I have, but cannot name the other three.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Patricia Harris

Request 1134 Posted 1 Nov 2013

My name is Didier HINDRYCKX and I
am a senior Flight Lieutenant MiD (Retd), Belgian Air Force. I am looking for
information on WO Richard, Francis, BADMAN (1376196). He was a member of 178
Squadron, RAF, and lost his life (MIA) on the 19/20 March 1944 on a raid to
PLODIV flying a B-24. I obtained his medals and some paperwork and I would like
to include the story of his life to these medals. Many thanks in advance.

Grtz.

Didier HINDRYCKX

Request 1133 Posted 23 Oct 2013

Flying Officer Peter George Corbin No 114713.

I am researching the RAF service of a friend’s father who
served during WW2

I have obtained his service records but have one or two
queries which someone might just be able to help with?

F/Lt Corbin was part of RAF Photographic Interpretation
Unit based at RAF Medmenham (1942-3). He was then posted to HQ NWAAF (1943) at
Maison Blanche airport- Algiers, then La Marsa airfield, Tunisia (1943) serving
under Lt Col Eisenhower (son of the US General) and finally San Severo, Italy
(1944-45). When in Italy, following the many changes of reporting lines, his
unit finally came under the command of 336(PR) wing, MAAF. Have only the
briefest details which I have managed to obtain about the PI unit of the 336
(PR) wing does anyone have any info on this PI unit? Additionally, family rumour
has it that F/Lt Corbin undertook several ‘covert’ air operations into
Yugoslavia, with members of SOE/ISLD operating from San Severo; can anyone
verify this?

Thank you.

Grahame Warner

Request 1132 Posted 23 Oct 2013

I wonder if anymore
information about the above gentleman exists, I worked for him after WW2 and got
to know him quite well. He never spoke about his war years but I know this to be
typical. I would be happy to relate what I know about him.

Best Regards.

Dennis Gaw

Request 1131 Posted 18 Oct 2013

40 Squadron, Foggia, Italy,
May 1944. Appeal for photographs. A Wellington X captained by F/O Huggler
failed to return to Foggia from a mission over southern France on 10 May 1944.
Damaged by flak, it crashed on a desolate hillside near the village of Simiane,
with the loss of the crew of five. Every year since then, the local resistance
group and villagers have met on 10 May to hold a memorial service at the small
shrine that they had secretly erected at the site.

Some photographs have been
traced, but so far none for Sgt Jackson or Sgt Howell.

Has anyone a squadron or
group photograph showing any or all of F/O Huggler’s crew?

Request 1130 Posted 15 Oct 2013

I would like to make contact with
any V-force aircrew, and especially AEOs, who took their mighty machines on
tracks that lead to, or away from, 112 S.U. Stornoway for ECM measurement in
order to hear their experiences whether for high-level or low-level assessment

Many thanks in advance

Geoff Hallett

Request 1129 Posted 9 Oct 2013

A friend of a friend, is researching his
relative, Captain Oliver Simon Huss, born 1903 in Richland
County, ND, USA. He was one of the first aviation students at Wahpeton and had
been an instructor at Chamberland Field, Minneapolis and UND, Grand Forks. He
went down over the Atlantic in 1942, ferrying bombers for the Royal Air Force
Transport Command and he was never found. He had flown over 30 trips. He flew
out of Dorval Airport and was reported missing on or about November 30, 1942.
Any information with respect to dates, crew etc., would be appreciated. The
information will be used to honor him in the North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame.

Thanks,

Owen Wiig

Request 1128 Posted 3 Oct 2013

My father Flt. Lt Geoffrey
Brigham was adjutant for 35 Pathfinder Squadron as a non combatant during WWII
but there is very little information available concerning his stay in Bari,
Italy at the end of the war. If you have any interesting pieces of information
or photo's I would be very pleased to receive them.

Best regards,

Request 1127 Posted 3 Oct 2013

Hi, I was wondering have anyone has information/photos of
P/O Ellis Edward(Joffre) Huxter? He was with 623 squadron at Downham Market in
1943, unfortunately he was killed along with the rest of the crew on a bombing
raid to Berlin 31/01 August. Joffre was the Navigator also on the mission was
Wing/Cmdr Little DFC.

Also could anyone help me with the colour of the aircraft
markings, lettering and numbers etc. any info can be forwarded to the link
above.

Request
1126 Posted 29 Sep 2013

I was wondering if anyone had
any information about Cyril Garrett (who often went by the name Garry). He was
my grandfather and I know he was in 605 Squadron and was a PoW in Japan. He
didn't talk about it much and I don't have any pictures of him (I don't speak to
my father's side of the family), so if anyone knows anything or has any
pictures, please don't hesitate to share them!

Thanks!

M. Green.

Request 1125 Posted 29 Sep 2013

For the past seven years I have
photographed and interviewed 24 WWII pilots in six countries www.combatpilotsofwwii.com (including
my father who flew Mosquitoes and Beaufighters).

I am trying to find surviving RAF
pilots who flew heavy bombers or were in Coastal Command. I am also trying to
find Battle of Britain pilots who flew on our side (I have two German pilots who
took part in the battle, but no allied pilots). And I am yet to find RAF pilots
who were in combat against the Japanese (I have several American and RAAF pilots
who were in that theatre, but no RAF pilots).

I would be very grateful if I
could be put in touch with WWII pilots that any of you may know - especially
pilots who experienced combat.

Many thanks in advance.

Kind regards

John Bradley

Request 1124 Posted 20 Sep 2013

I am trying to find information about my English
father (name: ? ) who served as RAF pilot (?) with the RAF in Indonesia (Java,
BATAVIA) in the years 1945-1946...
I don't know any thing about him, because my mother already died in the year
1956 and I only know the pictures that must be my real father. Because my mother
once told me the story that she was her close girlfriend.
If you have any ideas or a 'name' from the pictures shown, please do send an
email through the link above

Many thanks, regards.

Patrick (Paddy) van Asdonck

Amsterdam, Nederland.

Request 1123 Posted 20 Sep 2013

I'm interested in the crash of Lancaster Mk II, DS734,
KO-Y. This bomber crashed in the night of 24-25 april 1944 near Mechelen.
Any information about this bomber and the career of the crew (Robert-Roland
CAGIENARD, Charles Philip KELLY, Frank Desmond KING, Albert-Clayton LETCHER,
William SHORTEN, Joseph-Murdock MacLEOD, Frederick Albert FOSTER) is welcome

Information: bram@ww2awards.com

Kindly regards,

Bram Dermout

Request 1122 Posted 7 Sep 2013

I'm trying to locate any
information or pictures on 443 Squadron and 293 Squadron. My Great Uncle Arthur
James Horrell was in 443 Squadron and my Grandfather Charles Stanley Horrell was
in 293 Squadron (Air Sea Rescue Squadron). Any information or pictures your
willing to share would really help me in my family history research on both of
these two great men. You can contact me through the link on the RAF website.

Request 1121 Posted 7 Sep 2013

Help requested:

Does anyone have any info regarding (latterly)
Flight Lieutenant; William Howard Turner (b 1904), who joined the RAF before
eligible age, using his elder brother's details, (Claud Andrew Turner). He went
on to have successful service career, teaching at Uxbridge (two of his children
were born on camp) and Cosford as a PTI and specialising in fencing. I'm unsure
at exactly what stage he changed his service details back to that of his own; I
was told that he once took the royal salute, at the Royal Tournament (Earls
Court).

He was my paternal grandfather, but I don't have any of his
service details, so am unsure how to find same to carry out any genealogical
research

I can't even find him, his brother or his father (William
Turner) in the 1911 census, I believe they may also have been born to a
serving 'soldier' but don't know if their records were held separately.

Many thanks in advance

Barry Turner

Request 1120 Posted 7 Sep 2013

XV Squadron 1942: The
Godmanchester Crash of Stirling N3703

The above bomber crashed on the outskirts of our Cambridgeshire town on the
morning of 11th April 1942, having been part of a raid on Essen.
The captain, Squadron Leader Drummond 'Jock' Wilson died moments after the
crash, so too Sgt Gould.
The rest of the crew survived, although some were seriously injured.
I am working with our local Museum, the Porch Museum, to gather information
regarding the crew of this aircraft so that hopefully we will be able to honour
them by telling their story.
As a by product I have been fortunate to be contacted by the families of both
Squadron Leader Wilson and also Sgt Lammie.
We would love to hear from other families who had fathers/grandfathers who were
on board this Stirling.
The remaining crew members are...

It is our intention to create a permanent memorial to this crew and it would be
wonderful if we could involve as many descendants as possible.
Please contact me, Roger Leivers, via the link above

Request 1119 Posted 7 Sep 2013

This request has been answered and removed

Request 1118 Posted 18 Aug 2013

Lubeck/Schlutup 1947-1948

I’m currently working on a memoir with a woman who worked
as a nurse based at the Save the Children Fund orphanage in Schlutup between
November 1947 and October 1948. She met her husband while she was there, an RAF
engineer based in Lubeck.

I’d very much appreciate hearing from anyone who was
working there at the time – or knows someone who did.

Please contact me by email on the link above.

Request 1117 Posted 17 Aug 2013

I have been investigating
Lancaster ED328SR-S of 101sqn. My uncle Sgt John Phillips was part of the crew,
they were killed in action on 23/24.08.1943 on a raid over Berlin, in the last
month, an investigation team (LAO) from Finowfurt aviation museum nr Berlin has
found the crash site and started to recover parts. Can anyone help with info on
the plane, the crew, or any photos, also can anyone help with identifying the
parts found.

Thanks

Ian Hill

Request 1116 Posted 17 Aug 2013

I have just found a letter dated April 12th 1934 from a
Pilot Sergeant F C Standen his address was Sergeants' Mess RAF No 84 (B)
Squadron, Shaibah, Iraq. I would like to know what happened to him, and also to
give his relatives the letter. Thank you.

Request 1115 Posted 2 Aug 2013

Help needed in finding relatives to
downed airman over southern Denmark 19th August 1942.

I have just come into possession of a
leather flying helmet, life vest and parachute harness belonging to Air observer
Sgt. Cyril Samwell (Samuel ?) Crutchley. The items were found hidden under the
floorboards of a farmhouse close to the place where the plane crashed. The items
were found during a restoration of the house in 1991 but was of no interest to
the local museum, and have been in the loft of the house until now.

Maybe these items will be of more
interest to relatives, so I would like to turn them over to people who will
respect them and the history they represent.

I have managed to get some details of
who may have hidden the items so long ago. I am in pursuit of further details on
the subject, also to help the historians in Denmark that actually care.

On its way to the target W1226 was
attacked by a night fighter from 5./ NJG 3 piloted by Feldwebel Herbert Altner.
A fire started at the rear end of the fuselage and at 00:08 it crashed to the
ground in a field belonging to “Ladegården” farm near Sønderborg.

Crew members were:

G.A. Brassey RAF

W.B. Cooper RAF

C.S. Crutchley RAF

R.G. Humphreys. RNZF

A.J.O. Leo RAAF

J. Smith RAF

R.F. Wall RAF

All info is much appreciated.

Christian Flamand, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Request 1114 Posted 18 Jul 2013

Looking
for leads to see if I can “find” civilians who worked, in any capacity, for what
became the Royal Air Force No. 45 Group (Atlantic Transport) Ferry Command in WW
II - out of Montreal, QC, Canada - or out of any other of its world-wide bases,
starting from 1939 through to 1945.

I am closing research on a manuscript titled
Earth Angels Rising, which is my tribute to some 3,500 civilian men and
women - and some military aircrew - who created and sustained what became the
original aviation Ferry Command of them all … these civilians came from 23
allied nations to rescue the combined air forces of Canada, Great Britain and
the United States of America to deliver, eventually, some 250,000 aircraft of
all kinds to and when they were needed around the world … the initial thrust was
for Ferry Command to deliver 10,000 Hudson bombers assigned to it - it did
deliver 9,442 of them, but with a terrible loss of 500 of the 1,500 aircrew who
were the core group for this massive operation - their success rapidly triggered
a positive, demonstrative and explosive response from the air forces of the
three nations above, who quickly jumped on the bandwagon in support of what the
civilians began - at a time when “experts” considered it suicidal to even try to
fly bombers across the world’s oceans.

I am
trying to get together a family history, for my grandchildren, and I am looking
for a photo of the Catholic Chapel in Changi. We were there from 1947-49. I made
my 1st Communion there, and would like to find a picture of it, also the school
if possible. I have snap shots of our time there, but nothing of the Church or
school.

Kindest
regards,

Eileen
Bates

Request 1112 Posted 6 Jul 2013

I am
researching the service use of the Fairchild Cornell trainer by the RAF and
RCAF. I would be very grateful for photocopies or digital copies of personal
log books recording exercises flown on these aircraft.

The
Fairchild PT-26 (known as Cornell in RAF and Commonwealth service) was a
development of the US Army Air Corps PT-19 series and was used in the following
training schemes.

British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan - The RCAF and RAF in Canada; elementary and
flying instructor and Central Flying School – 1942 to 45. Training pilots of
Britain, Canada and other Commonwealth countries, plus exiles from the Occupied
Countries for service in the RCAF, RAF and Fleet Air Arm

Rhodesian Air Training Group – elementary, flying instructor and Central Flying
School – 1943 -46. Training pilots from Britain, the Commonwealth, plus exiles
from Occupied Countries for service in the RAF.

India –
No.2 EFTS – 1944 to 46. Training Indian pilots for service in the RAF and RIAF –
plus Army Glider pilots for the Burma campaign.

Norwegian – the Norwegian schools
in Canada 1941 to 44 and in the UK during 1945.

Thank
you, Tony Broadhurst

Request 1111 Posted 30 Jun 2013

I am trying to find
information about my uncle, John Victor Welsh (RCAF), who served as a Wireless
Operator/Air Gunner with the RAF's No. 13 Squadron in North Africa in late
1942. The squadron arrived in North Africa in November, 1942 and was stationed
at Blida and then Canrobert, Algeria. My uncle was listed as missing in action
on December 18, 1942 in operations over La Mersa and the Bizerte docks, and
after the war the MRES (the Missing Research and Enquiry Service) determined
that an unidentified twin-engine aircraft that crashed into the sea on the
morning of Dec. 18th was likely his plane (the pilot was P/O Jickling).

While it's likely that this is
all the information that we will ever receive about Victor's death, I have a
slim hope that there may be somebody out there who may know more. I'm also
interested in knowing if there are any photographs or personal memoirs by other
members of No. 13 Squadron RAF from that period in North Africa --
November/December, 1942 -- that could help me get a sense of what my uncle may
have experienced during the last months of his life. I would be most grateful
for any information or assistance that comes of this -- and especially any
connections with those who may have served with No. 13 Squadron in 1942, or
their relatives. Many thanks,

Christine Welsh

Request 1110 Posted 28 Jun 2013

I would like to get in touch with pilots
from No 257 (Burma) squadron . I'm looking for a pilot named F.R. Logan.
He flew with this squadron and they had Typhoon planes, he had to bail out with
parachute on 11-12-1944 and landed safely after his plane engine failed. I would
like to know more about this person . Maybe he is still alive ??? or friends /
family who can tell me more ??

best regards,

Robert

Request 1109 Posted 16 Jun 2013

I wonder if you can help?

My
name is Dr. Anne Cunningham and I am an historian living in Sydney. I am
researching the parents of Sir Arthur Coningham DFC, known as Arthur and Alice
Coningham who lived in Australia from their marriage in the 1890's to 1901
before they took up residence in New Zealand. The couple divorced circa 1912 and
Alice with her three children, the future Sir Arthur, Mabel and Vincent Francis
settled in England shortly before the outbreak of WW11. To date I have been
unable to find any photographs of Mabel or Vincent Francis. My records show that
both siblings were buried with their mother in Bricknoll, Somerset during the
1980's. Sir Arthur as we know was killed tragically in an air accident in 1948.
I know Mabel never married. As regards Vincent, he too appears not to have
married (this may not be accurate but I can find no record of a wife or issue).
It is to the descendants of Sir Arthur Coningham that I am appealing to for
help. My history of Arthur and Alice's involvement in a celebrated divorce case
that occurred in Sydney in 1900/1 would be greatly enhanced if I were able to
include photographs of Vincent Francis and Mabel. Sir Arthur's life is well
documented.

Request 1108. Posted 2 Jun 2013

I am trying to find a photograph of 41979 Pilot Officer
William Radclyffe Assheton of No 222 Sqn and 90727 Pilot Officer James Storrs
Morton of No 603 SqnN. Thanks

Request 1107. Posted 24 May 2013

I am trying to find out some
information about Reginald William Chartres who was with he RAF, and possibly
was with the RAF Ferry Command in Montreal. He was married to my aunt in Canada
during the war.

Thank you

Request 1106. Posted 18 May 2013

My name is Stuart Currie and
I'm trying to find any information or photos of my Grandpa Mr Duncan Currie who
served with No. 9 Squadron, 617 Dambusters and then Tiger Force during WWII.

He's an amazing man who has lived an unbelievable life!!

Request 1105. Posted 17 May 2013

Is there anyone, or relatives
of those who either flew with Wellington Squadron 215 to the Far East in March
1941. My father, Wing Commander G N Warrington, was in command and served
subsequently with 221, 223 Groups in India and HQ 177 Wing, ACSEA.

I Would like to speak to
anyone connected with these units. He returned from the Far East in June 1945
and went to HQ Northern Ireland until his accidental death in September 1945.
Would be most interested in any information about him and/or the activities of
these Groups in S E Asia.

Request 1104. Posted 12 May 2013

I’m looking for information about
my granddad John (Jack) Sells #1594690 RAFVR. He served during WW2 in 582
Squadron (Pathfinders) based at Little Staughton and was Acting Flight Sergeant
when awarded the DFM in 1945. I know very little about him and would welcome
any information, no matter how small. thank you

Request 1103. Posted 12 May 2013

I'm looking for pictures of my grandfather. Federico A. B.G.
Wonham was Navigator on the Squadron 61, then step on the IAAS No. 1. (1660)

My name
is Nicole Morley and I'm trying to find any information or
pictures about squadron 129. My Great Uncle Arthur James Horrell was in that
squadron until it switched to 443. I'm also trying to locate any information or
living relatives of Louis Paul Emile Piche and his wife Mary E Piche. Louis died
alongside my Great Uncle on October 11, 1944. We do know that Louis and his wife
lived in New London Connecticut at one point in time and after Louis died we
know that his wife moved to Florida (not sure which part). If you have any
information about squadron 129 or Louis Paul Emile Piche please contact me using
the link above. Thanks.

Request 1101. Posted 26 Apr 2013

94 Squadron Shield, motto "AVENGE", Queens Crown for sale
£20.

I can be contacted by email or on Facebook or L/L 01494
447275. I will be pleased to give further details of the shield then, regards
Chris Chadwick.

I was recently going through my grandfather's old photo
album when I came across this photograph. Here is all I know of it:

1. It was taken in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)

2. The ten men in the photo belong to an 'R.A.F. Football
Team' (which I know thanks to my grandfather's caption)

3. It may have been taken during or after the war (most
likely before 1948).

I have no relation to these men whatsoever but would like
someone to identify them for me -- just out of plain curiosity. Also, this photo
could be of use to anyone out there searching for a photograph of a lost
relative. I would be more than glad to be of help.

Best Regards,

Dilan

Request 1098. Posted 14 Apr 2013

Hi, I am trying to contact
anyone who served at or had relations/friend who served at any of the above
stations at Land's End Cornwall. This is a local history project.

www.raf-marks-castle-and-raf-sennen.co.uk

Request 1097. Posted 6 Apr 2013

Having served 24 years in the
RAF, my wife bought me, from a second hand shop, an RAF mug coloured dark blue
with the RAF motto on one side and the maker's name, Denby stamped on the
bottom. I think it previously belonged to a Flt/Lt (now deceased, as is his
wife) and wonder how rare or otherwise it might be. Any help would be
appreciated. Sincerely, Bryan J. Beames.

Request 1096. Posted 5 Apr 2013

Does anybody know the young
pilot in the picture? It seems to be taken around summer of 1949 and
I would like to put a name to the man in the picture. If you have
any ideas or a name, please do send an email to
andrea.nov@gmx.de

Thank you and best regards

Andrea Baers

Request 1095. Posted 30 Mar 2013

I would
like to see if there is anybody out there that has info about 293 squadron . My
father Charles Stanley Horrell (STAN) was a member of
the AIR SEA RESCUE UNIT (293)Any info would be appreciated. My Uncle Arthur
James Horrell (AJ) was a
member of squadron 443 he was killed in action October 11/1944.We would like to
know about the pilot that died with him Louise Paul Emile
Piche of New London Connecticut. You can contact us at gmorley@rogers.com

Request 1094. Posted 14 Mar 2013

For many years we have owned a small ale tankard, pewter,
given to F/Sgt Gooding, from class 134, 3.2.41. This instructor (?) would be
either English or Canadian. He would be no doubt long deceased, but there may be
family who would want this remembrance. If anyone can assist in locating
relatives, we would be most thankful.

Mrs. Lorna Parkinson, Ont. Canada.

Request 1093. Posted 10 Mar 2013

I'm looking for a good
photograph of Herbert Massey who was the Senior British Office in Stalag Luft
III at the time of "The Great Escape".

Bernard Hope

Request 1092. Posted 1 Mar 2013

I am looking for any information/
photographs of my father-in-law BILL SUDDES who served as Flight Engineer with
259 Squadron from 1943 -1945 in Africa on CATALINAS. He was stationed at
DAR-ES-SALAAM, KIPEVU, KENYA and PORT VICTORIA< SOUTH AFRICA. Many thanks.

George Todd

WOLSINGHAM, Co. Durham

Request 1091. Posted 1 Mar 2013

I AM TRYING TO GET A PHOTO OF MY STEPFATHER WHO SERVED IN
THE RAF WHO FITTED RADIOS INTO FIGHTER PLANES HE TOLD ME HE WORKED ALONGSIDE THE
AMERICAN EAGLE SQD .I DONT KNOW HIS RANK HIS FULL NAME WAS WILLIAM HENRY PINCHIN.
MY NAME IS LESLIE ROGER SYDNEY HALL AND I NOW LIVE IN AUSTRALIA.

Request 1090 Posted 15 Feb 2013

My brother Sgt. Edward Vincent
Norman 962166 was shot down and killed in Morkhoven and was gunner on Lancaster
Mk.1 R5610 OL-G RAF 83 Squadron operating from Wyton Hunts. Does anyone have any
photos of this crew, as no family records can be found.

Regards

Brain Norman

Request 1089. Posted 21 Feb 2013

I’m just doing some research
of a friend of the family a Mr Jack Marks he was at Barton in the Clay 1944 any
more information would be appreciated.

Regards John Britton

Request 1088. Posted 15 Feb 2013

Hi my name is Steve Jenkins. I have been researching over
the last three years the events leading up to and the final mission of Lancaster
serial No: W4275 which was my uncle, Sgt Samuel Jenkin's plane. It was lost
returning from Cologne on 9/7/43 I have found his, and three other crew members
grave site in Marley Gomont Northern France. My family and I plus the family of
PO Geofery Parker who also lost his life that night are planning to travel to
Marley this coming July on the seventy the anniversary of the crash to pay our
respect to our fallen family members. I would be very greatful if you have any
more information regarding this aircraft and it's crew. Many thanks regards S.
C. Jenkins.

Request 1087. Posted 3 Feb 2013

I am trying to find out some information about my father,
who served at Little Norway in Canada from late 1941 until February 1945 when
records show he was transferred to England. I'm trying to determine how long he
was in England before returning to Canada, where he had married a Canadian girl.
I was born in September 1945 so I'm unsure if he was still in England at that
time. He was discharged September 1, 1946.

I am writing a history of my father's journey from Norway
to Canada and am trying to fill in some of the blanks, since he passed away more
than 25 years ago.

Here is some information about my father:

Name: Per Hvidsten

Rank: Sgt. at Little Norway, Muskoka (Bracebridge/Gravenhurst,
Ontario, Canada) where he was a member of the "Link Trainer Group".

MILITARY RANK

(Militaer Grad)

Middle Corporal - February 24, 1942

Middle Sergeant - February 1, 1942

to September 3, 1942

Wing Sergeant - January 4, 1944

He was listed as Sergeant #1738 and duty #165 when he
recieved the Haakon VII Medal.

I would most appreciate if you could provide me with any
information about his time in England and when he returned to Canada?

Sadly, he never met his only child, my father. Lt.
McArthur died in May of 1942, less than a year after my father was born. My
father cherishes the one picture he has of his dad. I'd love to find him more.

My dad, "Bill" Cawthorne was posted to Africa (East Africa
and the desert air force) 1940 -1944. While in Sudan we think he may have met a
SAAF lieutenant, James Drummond, 7843, whom we have recently discovered was
murdered on 13 April 1941 in The Sudan - this is a very strange story which I
have been researching since late last year following a chance remark by an ex
South African lady now residing in UK. She mentioned that her uncle (Drummond)
had apparently been murdered in Kenya. As I was born and brought up there I was
able to find out that he did in fact have a grave in our War Cemetery in
Nairobi. Since then all sorts of facts have come to light, and a fortnight ago
I found the Sudan connection. I am now obsessed with finding the last few bits
of this puzzle, especially as there now seems to be a likelihood that he may
have been stationed with my late dad. Can anyone throw any light on this? We
would love to know why he was buried in Kenya, and any details of the incident

Request 1084. Posted 20 Jan 2013

I'm seeking a picture of my deceased Father-in-Law,
Squadron Leader Kenneth WJ Tarrant DFC in order that it can be included in a
display case with his medals.

Any/all help will be greatly
appreciated.

Best regards

Peter Rawbone

Request 1083. Posted 26 Jan 2013

My name is Wim Rhebergen and I
am a Dutch war historian and author. I was born in the town of Aalten, the
Netherlands which is just 3 km away from the German border.

I recently ordered a 35 mm
film from the Imperial War Museum. It is a day attack on 26 March 1945 by
a Hawker Typhoon 1B of No. 124 Wing RAF, 182 Squadron on the villages of Aalten
and Winterswijk filmed by on board cameras. The camera plane was piloted
by Warrant Officer S.L.T. Brett, service number 1385571. At the time 182
Squadron was based at Helmond Airfield (B.86) in the south of Holland.
From 12-5-1944 until 30-4-1946 the squadron was a Rocket Projectile unit
equipped with the Hawker Typhoon.

I already have copies from the
Operations Record Book 182 Squadron RAF, 1 until 31 March 1945.

So on the 26th of March 1945
W/O S.L.T. Brett has attacked my birthplace AALTEN and some other villages
nearby; "Armed Recce Aalten, Borken, Bocholt" Borken and Bocholt are towns in
Germany. According to ORB, other pilots involved were Flight Lieutenant
Lloyd, Flight Lieutenant Hobbs, Flight Lieutenant White, Flight Lieutenant Sharp
and Flying Officer Jackson. The ORB says that "the attacks were made as a
warning to the Dutch to move out before the two places were bombed".

I am trying to get more
information about this particular mission on 26-3-1945 and the pilot Warrant
Officer S.L.T. Brett 1385571. Perhaps he's still alive. If so, I want to
track him down.

I am desperately searching for
help.

Does anyone know where I probably can find more information
about him and a picture?

I am searching for my birth father and have only the
slimmest of descriptions; I was orphaned at birth (1952) in the U.S. and the
only notes left me were as follows:

Joined RAF 1938

Decorated Hurricane, Spitfire pilot

5 feet 9 inches tall, muscular

140 lbs

hazel eyes

"Mediterranean looking"

Post-war profession: engineer, perhaps electronics

He was described as very outgoing, handsome, charming.

I am aware that there is only a one-in-a-million chance
that someone will recall a pilot by that description, but I feel I must try. If
anyone has a lead I can be reached in the U.S. at
mt1id@icloud.com.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this.

Kind regards,

Michael Turner

Key West, Florida

USA

Request 1080. Posted 20 Jan 2013

My message is one of
importance while I want to know if there is stilll somewhere familiy left of

He was crashed above the South
West of the Netherlands early in July 1940 together with others.

The pilot Ivor Worthington
Wilmer was also found in the vicinety of Oostvoorne near Rozenburg ZH where I
live.About 10 km from Oostvoorne near Rozenburg ZH Now I also know that this
crash was somewhere not noted in some archives in the UK maybe.

Thanks to the help of a
relative in Australia I could still an only find an uncle of Ivor in Canada.

So I am very thankfull that I
solved this loss.

Now his co-pilot or RAF man in
the plane was as above mentioned.

I really like to know if there
is still any family living of George Edwin Maydon in the Uk or somewhere else
because maybe they do not know where their beloved ones are burried.

I sincerely hope that you can
help me with this tragic story.

So that I can take the pieces
together and give the left family their rest and knowledge of the place where he
is burried as a victim of WW2.

I would really appreciate your
help to solve this question.

With most respect,

Ron J W de Goeij

Request 1079. Posted 20 Jan 2013

I have in my possession a photo
album which belonged to an officer in No 143 MU Malta in 1943, the officer is
not named in any of the pictures although several others are named - Ron
Bannister, Jimmy Wilson, Bunny Blunsden, S/L Levers, Hignet,Alan Jones, Ginger
Harrup, a group photo entitled “Farewell to Beefy Sutton”, Roger Turner, Ron
Collins, Bob Williams (4 pictures of him) “Smithy”, “Sidford” Lizzie” and
“Davey”. the album also contains postcards of island views, official looking
pictures of naval ships, snapshots of an air-raid taking place at valetta and
many more subjects. I know that my parents served in Malta – my father in the
RAMC and my mother as a QA nursing sister. I think that my mother brought the
album home with her. I would love to know something about the album –
especially who the officer was.

Thanks, Mike Warnock

Request 1078. Posted 20 Jan 2013

I'm transcribing some interwar
RAF orders of battle from some documents I copied at the National Archives last
year. Most of them give the squadron, its location and the type of aircraft it
was equipped with, but usually not its Initial Equipment and even more rarely
its Immediate Reserve. I want to do this so I can compare the progress that was
made with the progress that was planned to have been made under the expansion
schemes.

Does anybody else have this
information or an organisation that might have it. Preferably somewhere within
driving distance of Teesside.

Many thanks

Simon Curry

Request 1077. Posted 16 Jan 2013

My husband and I have been
clearing out some books which belonged to my father and have come across a
volume signed on the inside cover - by, I think ' B C Robertson, Squadron
Leader' RAF vr HQFTC with another handwritten dedication 'Kindest Regards M D,
1942'

I'm reasonably sure that my dad
did not know either of the individuals, having been born in 1938, however would
be interested to know if SL Robertson ( I do hope that this is the correct
designation) survived the war and whether his family would like the book
returned. I suspect that my dad came into possession of this as a result of a
Jumble Sale or suchlike but think it apposite to ask before throwing it away

I am writing the history of
Ramridge House, located in Weyhill near Andover, Hants.

The house was originally
purchased to be used as the location of the RAF’s new Staff College in 1939 and
became RAF Ramridge but the outbreak of war changed all that and it was used for
a variety of roles by the RAF before being sold in 1957.

Any information on RAF Ramridge
would be greatly appreciated and any material used will be acknowledged

David Richmond

Request 1073. Posted 13 Jan 2013

I looking for information on: -

Flight Lieutenant Matheson

Squadron 45

R.A.F., Hinaidi

Baghdad, Iraq
I am a stamp collector and run a cross a correspondence addressed to this
gentleman that he’d been at around 1924 in Iraq and would like to learn more of
that person. Especially I would be interested to know if he had been connected
to stamp collecting/philately during his life.

Kind regards
Rainer

Request 1072. Posted 7 Jan 2013

I would very much like to
contact the next of kin (or other relatives) of F/O Lewis Kenneth Fennel, DFC.

My father and his crew flew
with him as an instructor in early 1944 when they were training at Rufforth
(Yorkshire) with 1663 Heavy Conversion Unit.

In his log book there is
still a newspaper cutting with a photo of F/O Fennel on the day he received his
DFC, and I'd be glad to send a copy if they haven't one.

Request 1071. Posted 3 Jan 2013

The two photographs below were taken in 1922/3 in
Palestine. My father, Sgt. A W Townsend, is in both. I have tried to trace
some of the others, but without any success. On the back of the first photo are
the words "NCO's of No1 ACC RAF Jerusalem Palestine 1922-3". On the second, the
larger group, is the legend "C section No1 ACC RAF Jerusalem Palestine".

There are names to the men on the front row of the NCO
photo, which are as follows: from left to right Sgt Checksfield, Sgt Kendall,
no name, WO Bolt, F/lt Hardiman, F/s Kinna, Sgt Smith & Sgt Townsend. There are
several other names to those in the back row, Cpl's Vincent, Chegwidden, Singey
& Durman. Also a Goddard & Hobbs (no rank) are listed.

I would be very interested if anyone has knowledge of any
of the men or the group. I believe my father joined the RAF c.1920 and was
stationed at Bircham Newton in Norfolk. He was a motor fitter and spoke of
driving steam lorries from Norfolk to London (Northolt). Was it this section
that went to Palestine?

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I could send
copies, via email or post, to anyone wanting them

Request 1070. Posted
16 Dec 2012

I am searching for info on Edward Hall, who served as an
officer pilot in 244 Sqn during its short existence at Bangor in WW1, and then
as Adjutant (flight lieutenant) in 73 Sqn in 39/40, later moving on to Balloon
units. I have quite a bit on his WW2 service, but am looking specifically for a)
his Service Number, and b) the citation for his AFC, awarded in 1919.

Any leads would be most welcome.

Request 1069. Posted
16 Dec 2012

Hi, I'm trying to find pictures of my father Lieutenant
Francis Charles Mayaka. He came to Cranwell in 1980 with The Kenyan Air force to
do some training. I have never met him and would love just photograph if
possible of him.

Desperate plea for any help at all

Request 1068. Posted 9 Dec 2012

I am the brother
of Sergeant Cyril Armstrong, who was the Engineer on the above 'plane which
crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on Oct. 10th. 1956. I am now an octogenarian and
would like to contact any members of the Squadron who attended the briefing at
Ballykelly before the ill-conceived experiment. I heard the supposedly correct
version from a member of the crew of one of the other 'planes attending the
briefing, when I attended the Mull Memorial, but would like to hear from any
other members who can help. I would like a degree of "Peace of Mind" before I
throw off this mortal coil.

In hope, Eric
Armstrong.

Request 1067. Posted 25 Nov 2012

Please could anyone help - has
anyone got any aircrew photos - of any quality, individual or group and
aircraft - of 534 squadron/1455 Flight (turbinlite) at Tangmere, particularly
mid-late 1942.

I am especially interested in F/
Sgt Wilfred "Jimmy" Cleall and the squadron adjutant, P/O John Lindley. I
already have a photo of F/O Michael Winter, but would be more than happy to see
more.

They would be useful as I am
writing an an account of how their Boston aircraft came to crash on our local
cinema in September of that year

Thank you,

Mick Bradford

Request 1066. Posted 29 Nov 2012

The RAF Aircrew Rank Badges worn between 1946 – 1950 had
blue stars for Category ‘A’ and white stars for Categories ‘B’ and ‘D’. Can
anyone help by telling me what these Categories mean? Also, what happened to
Category ‘C’?

I am (in my opinion, at least) an expert in encryption and am attempting to
piece together enough information to decipher this message. It is believed to
have been sent by RAF pilots, after they were shot down during WWII, with
details of their location back to Bomber Command (XO2), around 1942, and
possibly from 110 Squadron.

If I can understand what type of encryption was used by the RAF pilots, I will
have a chance. I can not find any information as to whether they used code books
or portable TypeX cipher machines, or both. I know the code books will have
certainly been destroyed, but just knowing the method of encryption should be
enough to have a chance, or a least know for certain that it will be impossible.

If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Request 1063. Posted 24 Nov 2012

I am attempting to research the
history of Ariel House in Malta. This is now the Russian Embassy but was
formerly the Residence of the Air Commander Malta and prior to that the AOC’s
Residence. If anyone has any photographs, documentation or memories of the
Residence I would be pleased to hear from them.

Regards

Peter Robinson

Request 1062. Posted 23 Nov 2012

I was leader pilots of a patrol "METRO MIKE" of two french
Mirage5f , and we fly for a representation during the meeting the 22 october
1990 at finningley.

I search any photos or vidéos of my flight this day.

Request 1061. Posted 10 Nov 2012

I am trying
to trace information for a Norwegian family. They have in their possession a
pint mug with the following inscription.

Officers
mess

R.A.F.

Coltishall

2/lt. D.H. Strevens

March 1941

If anyone
can assist in this matter I would much appreciate it.

Request 1060. Posted 10 Oct 2012

I am trying to locate a
photograph of the crew of a bomber based at RAF East Kirkby with No 630
Squadron.The skipper was Flt/Lt or Sqdn/Ldr Cliff Rogers DFC. His Flight
Engineer was Bill Cox DFM who on completion of his tour went to 1354 HCU at RAF
Wigsley . He flew as a Staff F/E Instructor and was killed when a Stirling
aircraft,on a cross country flight ,31/8/1944,crashed shortly after take off.

Details of the awards to Cliff
and Bill would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Ted Peck

Request 1059. Posted 8 Nov 2012

I live in Australia

I just published
a book on my father in law Flying Officer Alfred Wiilliam Gayford 1915-1944.
This book was presented to the Purfleet Military Museum for display along with a
framed photograph of him. I also compiled a book on
another crew member James Robertson 1919-1944 who was killed in the same crash

My question: I am
trying to find a photograph of the Pilot on the night in question. My father in
law I have just learnt was his second Pilot. The Pilot and training
Officer was Flying Officer Stanely Henry Martin OBE who on retirement was a Wing
Commander. What I have researched and found about Stanley Martin was he
was born 9th November 1919 and had a wonderful career in the Air Force retiring
on 2nd June 1968. Stanley received an OBE in 1966

I would love a photograph so I could organised a framed
copy to go to the Military Museum in Essex. I am also trying to find other
crew members family so that it will be a section at the Museum on these men

You maybe able to assist!

Kind Regards

Helen Gayford J.P.

Request 1058. Posted 19 Oct 2012

I am trying to build a history of RAF
Newmarket (50's-60's) Eastern Communications Centre, No 7909 Reserve Flight. The
camp was in those days mostly staffed by Nat. Servicemen and Waaf's with Regular
NCO's and Officers. I have had limited success apart from contact with one
ex-airman and another enquiry from another interested party.

Thanks in anticipation

Les Morrow

Request 1057. Posted 21 Oct 2012

I am part of the website called Norfolk
Uncovered. We film and document historical places of interest, mainly ww2
related in Norfolk. Currently we are focusing on RAF NORTH CREAKE. We would love
to here from any RAF crew who were based there, and record there stories. Can
you please help us find those heroes so we can document there gallant bravery
for the future generations.

Many thanks,

Andrew.

Request 1056. Posted 19 Oct 2012

I'm looking for anyone that new my
father Roy Griffiths Rank L.A.C. who was stationed at I believe at RAF Station
Church Lawford between 1951 & 1954. Sadly he passed away on 5th October 2012 and
its only now we have come across his certificate of service book.

Thank you

Kim Griffiths (Mr) eldest son

Request 1055. Posted 14 Oct 2012

I am seeking information on the WW2
service of my father, LAC Ralph Spilberg, RAF 1940-45. He was trained as a
Wireless Operator, but was never aircrew. As far as I have been able to
discover, he was under the command of 80 (Signals) Wing, initially I think as
p[art pf the Beam-bending operation based in Hertfordshire, before being posted
to Egypt.

In the Western Desert he was part of a
unit which I have hitherto found no trace of or reference to whatsoever. The
unit had a special peculiarity, in that the personnel were partly Army, partly
RAF, at least until the Army men re-mustered as RAF as the pay was better. The
unit was composed of a number of trucks, each equipped with a wireless
transmitted. These trucks were deployed well in advance of British positions,
strung out at intervals from the coast, well into the interior. The crew
consisted of two RAF wireless operators (watch-on , and watch-off, I presume)
and two drivers, an NCO i/c, and one other (mechanic?) all of whom were army -
my father thought Royal Artillery, but maybe not.

The job was to go to whatever
map-reference they were ordered to, and stay there until ordered to move,
reporting back to Desert Air Force HQ everything they saw in the air and on the
ground. My father said he transmitted only in Morse, using a one-time-pad code.
They kept a radio watch on German & Italian transmissions also, I believe.

After the end of the desert campaign, my
father was briefly on Malta, still with his truck, and then in Sicily (Catania
airport). He ended up at the Med Allied Air Forces HQ in Caserta, until the end
of the war.

At some point his immediate commander
was Sq. Ldr William John ("Jack") Reason. My father was a talented portrait
painter, and in Italy he painted the portrait of Jack Reason - I have a tiny
black-and-white photo of it.The portrait itself must be with the Reason family.

I would very much like to have contact
with anyone who knows anything at all about my father's obscure unit, and also
with anyone who might have any contact with Jack Reason or his family, as I
would dearly love to know if my father's painting still exists, and to have a
colour photograph of it. My father's career took a very different turn post-war,
and he painted very little thereafter; his corpus if work is very small, but
very good. I would love to have a complete record of it.

Many thanks,

Mike Spilberg

Request 1054. Posted 10 Oct 2012

Ref. RAF
Mauripur/Karachi WW2

I wonder if anyone
knew of William Thorburn Reid a young officer stationed in RAF Mauripur during
the war. Its believed he was involved in aircraft safely/investigation of
accidents. He worked for the Air Ministry in London after the war and died
there (Hospital for Tropical Diseases) early 1969.

He had lost touch
with his son. His grand son would like to know more about him if possible.

Many thanks

Aideen Reid

Request 1053. Posted 29 Sep 2012

In June 1945 A
Royal Air Force Douglas Dakota C.III VIP transport aircraft KG770 of No. 24
Squadron RAF carried King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, to the
Channel Islands following their recent Liberation from German Occupation. Can
anyone help with an itinerary of this Royal Tour and the names of the crew and
other passengers in the Royal retinue. I am trying to write up the story for
the son of one of the people on board that flight - not for money, I hasten to
add.

He was stationed at Coningsby in
1944-1945, Group 5, and was in telecommunications.

Valerie Sheldon

Request 1051. Posted 29 Sep 2012

RAF SPECIAL DUTIES 148
SQUADRON, BRINDISI ,1944.

My dad Sgt John Frederick Cairney Rae,
2210115, Rear Gunner ,Halifax JP162FS-S was stationed at Brindisi, Italy, May
through August 1944 His plane Failed to Return on August 4/5th1944 after
dropping supplies to the Polish partisans.It crashed near the village of
Wojnarowa near Krakow

The crew were:

F/O Gavin James McCall RAFVR Pilot KIA

Ft/Eng Sgt R O Anderson RCAF Evader

Air/Bmr Sgt P J Anderson RCAF Evader

W/OP/Air Gun Sgt A Jolley RAFVR Evader

Air/Gun Sgt John Frederick Cairney Rae RAFVR KIA

Air/Gun Clifford Aspinall RAFVR KIA

Sgt Underwood Evader

Four crew baled out and returned to the
UK in March 1945 with the help of the partisans. My dad ,F/O McCall and Sgt
Aspinall were buried by the villagers and later reinterred at Krakow Rakowicki
Cemetery by CWGC. There were many crew members lost on that mission all
buried at Krakow.

I am trying to trace any crew members
their families or anyone who may have known my dad during his service with RAFVR
Bomber Command. I have recently heard from the grandson of F/O McCall so I am
hopeful there may be others willing to share their stories.

Like many others of my age I did not
know my dad but I am trying to keep his and his crew members memories alive by
finding out about his short service in RAFVR .At the age of 33 he was "the
grandfather "of his crew.

Can anyone identify the RAF officer
shown here with his wife and daughter in Colombo (1944), my father is in the
middle, was out there with the Admiralty.
As I understand it he had lodgings with them.

Phill Rose

Request 1049. Posted 31 Aug 2012

I am trying to find as much
information as I can about REGINALD FREDERICK THOMAS SAUNDERS.

Reginald was born on 17th May
1920. The remainder of the information I have is a bit sketchy as follows:-

He attended the Northampton
Medical Board on 11th July 1940. His enlistment notice was to go to the Eastern
Divisional office in Cambridge on Monday 29th July 1940 where he joined the RAF.
His registration number was BMC 714. His service number was 1175181

Believe he had to report to
Cardington near Bedford.

His service release book
shows:- Rank CPL, Service number 1175181, Surname Saunders, Initials R F T,
Class of release A, Age and service Group 32.

He served in R A F V R form
30-7-1940 until 23-4-1946 and spent 6 months in India. He was awarded the Burma
Star, War medal with Oak Leaf and the Defence medal.

He was mentioned in dispatches
on 11th June 1942 for distinguished service and the birthday honours list of
July 3rd 1942 as an Aircraftman 2nd class. He died on or about 24th July 1985.

If anyone can throw any light
on any of the above or explain generally any information it would be greatly
appreciated.

Many thanks

Graham Stearn

Request 1048. Posted 31 Aug 2012

Does anyone remember the crew of Halifax
EB 129 of 161 Squadron that crashed on 10/11 November 1943 in France, with my
father ,Jack Pilkington , air bomber, the only survivor ?

His colleagues were –

Captain P/O M. A. Line Aus

2nd Pilot Lt Gross USAAF

Navigator F/Sgt E.R Watts

Wireless Operator Sgt H.R. Batten

Flight Engineer R. Cotterill

Air Gunner F/Sgt E. Harrison Aus

Air Gunner F/Sgt W.R.R. Shore Can

Thanks

Graham Pilkington

Request 1047. Posted 26 Aug 2012

I'm looking for dates of death for the
following 2 Irish aces:

Robert McLaughlin (Born 23-Jul-1896,
Belfast)

Alfred Stanley Mills (Born 26-Jun-1897,
Belfast)

The latter had a short spell in prison
and was stripped of his DFC in 1924 but I can't follow his whereabouts
thereafter.

There have been suggestions that
either/both may have died in World War II but from non-combat causes, e.g.
unlike Victor Henry Huston (killed in an air raid) or Edward Caulfield Kelly
(killed by American torpedo of Japanese POW vessel).

Any information on the later stages of
McLaughlin or Mills' lives would be gratefully received. (As you may guess, I'm
conducting research on the Irish aces of WWI).

Best regards and thanks in anticipation
for any information,

Joe Gleeson

Request 1046. Posted 26 Aug 2012

My great Uncle was the pilot of 44sqn
Lancaster Mk1. Serial number DV329 (Sqn Code KM-W)
which crashed near Rastdorf on 23/11/43.

A second Lancaster
(JB537) (PH-N) of 12 Sqn also crashed the same night about 3 miles from DV329
killing all on board. Both crews were buried together in a mass grave by the
Germans at Oldenburg a day or so later. At wars end they were retrieved from
this grave but the authorities were only able to positively identify Ledsham
from DV329 and a crew member Ferndell from JB537. These two are in separate
graves next to the collective grave of the remains of both other crews.

I am hoping to fine
some relatives of both crews to try and shed some light as to how these two
planes were lost as some research indicate Flak the others shot by night
fighter?

Can anyone help.

Thanks

Fred HILL

Request 1045. Posted 26 Aug 2012

I would be interested in hearing from
anyone who knew my mother Olive Harman who served in the W.A.A.F. from
01/12/1942 until 09/05/1946. She became a driver having completed a course in
the Lake District and was then posted to Oakham Rutland. By the time Olive
left, she was based at Upper Heyford. I have an R.A.F. card which has been
signed by the following people:-

Elsa Wangler

Olive Newnham

Phyl Anning

Rene Ansell

Paddy MacManauty (?)

J D Boswell

R F Waters

Eric Sidney Barber

H Rowe

W Welby

Any information regarding my mother (or
any of the people listed) would be very much appreciated.

Request 1044. Posted 19 Aug 2012

Does anyone have info about Melbourne Harvey (my father)
who fixed spitfires in the Battle of Britain

Request 1043. Posted 19 Aug 2012

I'm hoping someone out there may have
information, photos and memories of my uncle. His name was 1432606 Flight
Sergeant Harold Wyrill. He and his crew never returned after bombing Frankfurt
on 18/19th March 1944. He was part of 61 Squadron, his Lancaster's number was
ND727 and was based at RAF Coningsby.

The Full Crew list is:

P/O Cannon L

Sgt Dean KH

F/S Hull GJ

Sgt Stones R

Sgt Wyrill H (my uncle)

Sgt Sherliker H

F/S Green JM

If anyone can give his family any
information, however small it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Gail Parkes

Request 1042. Posted 4 Aug 2012

Information re George Alfred
Cottrill AC1 654123 awarded Military Medal for shooting down enemy aircraft
whist on board a transporter taking civilians from Singapore at its fall.
Believe to Oz or Nz. Recorded London Gazette 1942. What became of him?

Can anyone shed some light about Leon
John Prentice who served with the RAF and was based in Calcutta as a navigator
in 1943-1944?

Request 1039. Posted 6 Jul 2012

I am the Chairman of the South West
Battle Group and Living history. On the 5th 6th and 7th
August this year we are holding an event at the Land’s End Visitors Complex in
Cornwall. It is an event to turn Land’s End back to WW2. I have stumbled on the
fact that there is a vast amount of RAF history here regarding RAF Sennen and
RAF Main Castle, These were early warning Radar stations code CHL 17. I have
also happened upon a LACW Norah Leggatt 2027926. Can anyone help me with
information and or photo’s please.

Michael Sculthorp-Wright

Request 1038. Posted 6 Jul 2012

I am seeking help, information and
perhaps photographs of my great uncle F/Sgt John Lindsay Wilson 1128900, the
crew and the aircraft he was lost in on the night of 11/12 June 1943 returning
from a mission to Munster. The aircraft is believed to have ditched off the
Norfolk coast. The aircraft was Stirling R9286 MG-C of C Flight, No 7 Squadron
, Oakington. The aircraft was piloted by F/O Deville EF. No trace of the
aircraft or crew was ever found.

The full crew list was…… F/O Deville EP
,

Flt
Lt Theobald WM

F/Sgt Davies JM

F/Sgt Wilson JL (my great uncle)

F/Sgt Bainbridge TJ

F/Sgt Humphreys H

F/Sgt Harrington J

Many thanks for all and any help,
information, photographs or memories of these brave men which can be found. I
can be contacted at on the link above

Thank you.

Mike Gilmore

Request 1037. Posted 6 Jul 2012

I have been doing some family
history and searching for my mothers birth parents (any living relatives).

I have information that her
mother, Doris Parsonage, was in the WAAF as a nursing orderly- it does not state
the years, but my mother was born in 1947 and she had been with the WAAF for 4
years apparently. Her service number was 2483339.

Her Father, Peter Charles
William Hayes, service number 2279677. He achieved rank of aircraftman 1st
Class.

I believe they both met each
other at an Elation Dance at Bridgnorth Shropshire. So wether they were both
based there, I don't know.

If anyone knew of either of
them, I would love to hear anything about them! no matter how small!

Many thanks,

Emily

Request 1036. Posted 2 Jul 2012

I was wondering if anyone remembers my
father who was an Australian pilot in Squadron 101. His name was Bill McPherson
and flew in the Hamburg raids. He married my mother in Goole on July 27th
1943. They lived in Brisbane for the rest of their lives.

Chris Withnall

Request 1035. Posted 1 Jul 2012

I am hoping that someone out there
remembers my father, Donald Bell. He served as a JNCO (I believe) with the RAF
in Africa during the second world war and I have several photos of him in the
middle of nowhere in the desert with 'Suez' mile posts in the background. He
once said he was involved with retrofitting aircraft to carry stretchers but
sadly he died when I was quite young and I never got the chance to ask him
more.

He was brought up in Leigh in Lancashire
and his father was a headmaster. He wanted to be an architect before he joined
up, however after the war he trained as a Dental Surgeon and later joined the
RADC. When my mother met him he spoke fluent German but I'm not sure when he
learnt that. He would be in his 80s now so this may be a long shot but if anyone
knew him we would dearly love to know more about his time with the RAF.

Dan Bell

Request 1034. Posted 29 Jun 2012

Could anyone help with any information
on the colour scheme(s) of the Airspeed Oxfords used at 3 (P) AFU, South Cerney,
Gloucestershire, in 1943; and especially whether they had the gun turrets
installed or not.

I have found a
picture of Wellington 111, number Z-1679-B, with RCAF, 420 Squadron members on a
raid from London, England to Hamburg ,Germany, on November 9. 1942. The
aircraft crashed in the sea. My brother was the Navigator: R-79500 F-Sgt. Marcel
Armand Joseph Smith. He has a cross in Runnymede Memorial in London, Panel 106.
The Pilot was: R-102069 Sgt. Walter Stanley Beale, and is in Panel 102. The Air
Bomber was: R-83354 Sgt. Charles Snider, and is in Panel 106. The Air Gunner
was: R-107349 Sgt John Duncan MacDonald and is in Panel 105. The W.O.A. was:
R-77433 Sgt. C. Collard, and is buried in Hamburg, Germany, Ohlsdorf Cemetery,
4AD7. His body was found two weeks after the crash. I
sure hope to find someone who can help me on this. My name is William Smith, I
was 3 years old

Sgt Marcel Smith (centre)

Course photo including Sgt Marcel Smith

Request 1032. Posted 29 Jun 2012

Hi am trying to locate a Syrian air
force officer who was stationed at HENLOW RAF base in 1954, his first name was
Kadri and he and his mates went to Hitchin for the dances, a lass named Alma
interested in finding him Rob Lavender

Request 1031. Posted 8 Jun 2012

The town of Metz-en-Couture
intend to hold a memorial commemoration next July (2013) for the crew of
Lancaster DS 660 KO-P. I'm trying to contact relatives of the following, killed
13/14 July 1943 115 Sqn Op. Aachen

Sgt M JONES

F/O F L YATES

Sgt P WILLIAMS

Sgt D MURPHY

Sgt J A T NEWTON

I am looking in particular for the
descendants of Sergeant Peter Williams, born 1922 in Bolton, died in
Metz-en-Couture (France) July 13, 1943, son of Arthur and Margaret H Williams .
Howell was born.

Peter Jackson Williams married Nellie in
1942 at St Barnabas Church in Bolton, whose parents were Nellie George William
Jackson and Elizabeth Ann.

Peter Jackson Williams had a brother
Samuel, born in 1918.

Peter and Nellie lived at 3 Lincoln Road
in Bolton (Nellie's parents lived to 31 in the same street), until the day of
Peter's death in 1943. They had no children.

In 1947, Nellie, who was still living at
the same address (until 1950), remarried William P. Smit They had two children:
Irene Smith in 1950 and Ann Smith in 1952.

Nellie seems to have died in 2000.

Samuel's brother, Peter, seems to have
married three times:

1 / in 1939 with Annie Green in Bolton,

2 / in 1941 with Hilda Haseldeane the
church of Christ in Bolton

3/1945 with Irene Higson at St Mary the
Virgin in Bolton.

Thank you kindly help me find these
people ... or (s) descendant (s).

Request 1030. Posted 8 Jun 2012

I'm looking for anyone who may
know of my grandfather James Edward Wainwright went into the RAF as a reserve in
1941 at Padgate and Blackpool.

Leading Aircraftman in 1941 then sergeant in 1943. Based in
Trebelzue which became St Mawgan. Injured spent some time in hospitals in
Plymouth, Headland , Locking and Newquay. I have a service number but no
squadron as yet as I'm still researching.

Request 1029. Posted 26 May 2012

TED ADAMS, 115 SQN, 3 BOMBER
COMMAND.

A request was posted on
this site some time ago but was removed when the contact details were lost: -

“34 ops 115
Sqn RAF ..... I think he may have been something to do with Bomber Command.
...... I am looking for any information about my Great Uncle Ted Adams
who piloted Lancasters out of RAF Witchford between August and December”

However, a reply has been received and I
would like the person who placed to the original request to contact me so I can
pass on the new details.

Request 1028. Posted 26 May 2012

Trying to find any information on my half brother Ron
Bentley. He served at Coltishall as a senior technician in the sixties working
on Lightnings. I presume that means he was part of 226 OCU.

I am trying to find information about my father, he was at Khormaksar (Aden) in
1945, his crewmates were WS Jackson, KC Weaver, AFH Hales, RJ Dewar and R
Hustwitt, the picture shows them all together.

If anyone can
help that would be great.

Thanks

A M Lesty

Request 1026. Posted 26 May 2012

I am looking for any kind of information
on the 428 Repair and Salvage Unit that was stationed in France at CAMP
BUC, near Versailles between 1944 and May / June 1945 - and in particular on a
Corporal Reginald GLEDGY OU GHEDGY who belonged to it. If anyone knew someone
who was there at the same time, please contact me here using the link
above

I shall be most grateful for any help or
lead.

Request 1025. Posted 13 May 2012

I am trying to find
information on my uncle George who was killed in WWII before I was born, the
death of his only son devastated my grandfather and it was something that was
never discussed. I have a photograph and hand written on the bottom it says Flt
Lieutenant G.E. Hammond 145 Squadron R.A.F but I am not sure if this was written
by my uncle or another family member after his death. Any information would be
greatly appreciated.

Request 1024. Posted 13 May 2012

I am searching for my grandad. He was
based at Bourn Airfield in 1944/45 time as ground crew, he used to go to 'The
Hut' dance in Bourn village and that is where he met my nan. He was known as
Johnny Byard/Biard. I have inacluded two photos. The photo of four he is the one
in ourbottom right of the photo and the group shot he is the third one along
from our left.

I really hope somebody can help, I have
haqd no luck as yet.

Request 1023. Posted 13 May 2012

I am looking for contact information on Flt/Sgt Hugh
"Jimmy" James who served with the 216 Squadron in North Africa in 1942. He was
the pilot of a Bristol Bombay transport that was carrying General Gott to Cairo
when the Bombay was shot down and General Gott was killed. Any information of
Mr. James would be appreciated. Mark Anderson

Request 1022. Posted 4 May 2012

I try to find; JACK, RAF OFFICER ,
probably the ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS, based until the very last time December 1945
and longer on AIR BASE WELSCHAP EINDHOVEN and billeted in at my parents on the
address; ZEELSTERSTRAAT 215, EINDHOVEN - the Netherlands.

Unfortunately I have only his calling
name JACK, his age at that time about 40 – 43 and I have several pictures.

I should be very grateful with any
information.

j.e.van Dijk

Request 1021. Posted 4 May 2012

I’m searching for the name of the officer commanding 230
OCU Scampton 1972, can anyone help?

Request 1020. Posted 4 May 2012

I am the son of the pilot F/L E Mirfin
whose Lancaster was shot down over France on the night of April 26/27 1944. My
father and 3 other crew membersdied but 3 survived. I have traced relatives of
all those who died and very recently have been contacted by the son of one of
the survivors. I am trying to contact anyone who might know or have information
relating to the other 2 survivors in order that I can piece together as much as
possible what happened that night.

The other survivors were F/S J Pinkney,
and F/S R L Griffiths.

Any information would be much
appreciated

Request
1019. Posted 3 May 2012

This request has been answered and is now closed

Request 1018. Posted 29 Apr 2012

I would like to re-contact Hugh Green, who
supplied photographs of Air Commodore J G Hearson recently, as I have lost his
contact details.

Webmaster

Request 1017. Posted 22 Apr 2012

I am trying to contact a Flight Sergeant
John Anderson RAF or any possible relatives. He was the rear gunner and sole
survivor of a Halifax that crashed near Welney, Norfolk, April 25th 1944. My
uncle Sgt N.M Harrison was among the crew.

The information I have so far:-

Taken to RAF Ely Hospital with a broken femur and lacerations to the scalp and
survived his injuries
Born: Glasgow circa 1924.
Has a very broad Scottish accent.
Service No.1573409.
May have come to live in the Welney area after the war?

Request 1016. Posted 6 Apr 2012

I am trying to find
out some info for my friend. She needs to find out about her father but has very
little information on him.

His name was Michael
Mahon, she doesn't even know if this is exact or spelt correctly.

He was stationed at
Sutton Mepal aerodrome in the 1940’s. He was Irish and a civilian...not sure on
this.

If anybody can help
me with any information at all i would be extremely grateful.

Great site too!

Thank you very much.

Kind Regards

Andrea Holden

Request 1015. Posted 30 Mar 2012

I am trying to find
out more about Group Captain Hugh Lambert Reilly DSO.

Born in the 1886 (ish)
he learnt to fly in 1912 whilst on leave from the Army. He died in 1954.

I know this is a
long shot but if anyone does have any information I’d be very grateful. Please
contact me on the link above

Many thanks

Vicki Lambert

Request 1014. Posted 23 Mar 2012

I am trying to trace the trainee SRN's,
who took part in the first scheme at RAF Hospital Wegberg from 1958 (?) - 61.

I think they were all SAC's or SACW's

Best regards

Elizabeth Forbes Bryson

Request 1013. Posted 18 Mar 2012

We are looking for ex servicemen who
served with Michael McIntyre(born 18/01/1937) during the years 1954 and 1956. He
trained at Northolt and served in Malta and Tripoli.

We don’t know his service number. We are
keen to learn of his service record and any other information that may bring
comfort to his grieving family.

Thank you.

Michelle Page (Australia)

Request 1012. Posted 16 Mar 2012

I have a large collection of photographs
from my late father in law John Cornish Donkin who was a professional
photographer. He was serving in Ranchi Bihar India during the 1940’s in R.A.F
Group 20 Medical Corp.

Some of the names include Group Captain
Graham, Sir Thomas Rutherford, Hannah, Robinson, Thomas, Gilbert, Aylott, Good,
Walton, Tonkin, Thorne, Harrison to name but a few. The photos also portray a
hint of life in India at the time and include local traditions. For anyone who
is interested please email me and I will forward the relevant photos to them.
Kind regards, Karen Donkin.

Request 1011. Posted 16 Mar 2012

Wish to locate any colleagues of Flt Sgt
Ronald V Cresswell 1293794 who knew him in training or later when he served with
517 and 518 Met Squadrons. I’m enquiring on behalf of his nephew, Ron Cresswell,
who now lives in New Zealand.

Thanks.

PR8296 – Peter Rackliff

Request 1010. Posted 16 Mar 2012

I
am trying to find any information about a long lost relative of mine who
disappeared in Berlin sometime after the end of Second World War , i have the
following information

LAC A.Ness

Service Number
1518398

2798 or 2803 SQN RAF
Regt

Gatow Berlin

any info would be
gratefully appreciated

Many Thanks Chris

Request 1009. Posted 16 Mar 2012

I am trying to
obtain relations of Flight engineer Derek Colin Sykes from Bridgend – Glamorgan
(GB) and wireless operator/air gunner Percival Henry Minton Jones , who lived in
his childhood at Rhyd-y-Foel and moved with his mother to Welling – Kent.

Both were members of
the crew of the Lancaster DV280 - JO-S which crashed in our neighbourhood in
Holland.

I search for personal
documents flying team of RAF 511 Sqn at war , and RAF 301 UT in RAF
Station Lyneham too. Very important point are materials from eyewitness
like: pilots and ground crews - both former for 511 Sqn or contact with
theirs famillies.

5. Any materials about
Walace Lynton WATSON from RAF Lyneham Station .

May be some peoples have
materials from journey / flying routes - from Lyneham to Gibraltar .

Very important are materials about performances and
opinion and characteristic of Liberator series AM but better AL

Im also looking to get a contact with
peopels / families - which was at war time In RAF Transport Command
service , especially RAF Station Lyneham and RAF Station Gibraltar :
years 1942 -1944. My e-mail :
krakus57@wp.pl. Regards - Mike

Request 1007. Posted 16 Mar 2012

I am writing up a number of anecdotes
from my childhood in Cairo, Egypt, during WWII, mainly for my family. I am
puzzled about a period of a month or two I spent in Port Said with my
grandmother, Mrs. C. C. Adams, who had -- I think -- volunteered through the
Y.M.C.A. to organize "things" (living quarters? entertainment?) for the New
Zealand (?) nurses stationed there. It would have been sometime in 1941,
possibly July-August, when there is an unexplained gap in my grandmother's Cairo
Visitors book. There were many air-raids; our building was not in a targetted
area, but there was apparently some reason why we were always visited by
Squadron-Leader Claude G. Whiteside and his batman "Goldie"every time there was
a raid. He was very kind to me, and Goldie was my favourite! I particularly
remember a paint factory a couple of miles away being hit by an incendiary,
which turned it (to my eight-and-a-half-year-old imagination) into a glowing,
multi-coloured fairytale castle! Whiteside appears in my grandmother's book in
September and October, once with Port Said as his address, and once with "Royal
Air Force & 58 Dumbreck Road, Dumbreck, Glasgow." I have not been able to find
any gen about him at all, so far -- or the Port Said paint factory for that
matter!

I would be very grateful for any light
shed on this episode; there are so many uncertainties that organizing my many
snippets of recollection into a coherent story is somewhat tricky.

Patsy Cunningham

Request 1006. Posted 9 Mar 2012

1. I have for years been trying to find
out what the initials A.C.T. stand for on a lapel badge. Leo
Carter learnt to fly in 1938 in the Civil Air Guard in the North. The Lancashire
Flying Club do not know either. All I can remember him saying he was a cadet.
Air Cadet Trainee maybe? Imperial War Museum and R.A.F don't know. See
attached photo.

2. Leo Carter was in No 9 Squadron.
Honington 1941-1943. He was a pilot. I have three pictures of him in a film made
for the M.O.D. as a morale boosting exercise for the Canadians based here. He,
and his colleagues on the Base were extras in the film. One photo has a man
leaning over the desk with 'Canada' on his sleeve. On another photo there looks
a very young Jack Watling or is it Richard Green ? On the back of three photos
are U.F.P.U. I have tried several combinations. United
Film Publicity Unit, Universal Forces Publicity unit etc.

He did not put the dates on the back of
the photographs, where it was shot, nor the name of the film. I have exhausted
every avenue. Imperial War Museum, M.O.D. Shepperton, Pinewood studios.
Honington, R.A.F archives. Kew archives. Put a photo in the No 9 Squadron
newsletter (8 years ago) but no replies. See attached photos.

I would dearly like to find the
answers. Most men would be gone by now but I hope someone's children may have a
photo or recollections of being told of the filming. Leo died in 2001, I was his
partner.

Request 1005. Posted 9 Mar 2012

I would love to find some information on my father's
military activity or anyone who knew him. He was an RAF pilot and flew a
Sunderland sea plane. His name was Robert (nmi) "Bob" Wilson, born 7/17/1921.
I know that there was a Robert Wilson who was killed in the war who was born in
1916, but my father survived. He left the UK in 1948 and was killed in the
Caribbean in 1953.

My mom survives but at age 86, she has little knowledge of
his activities in the RAF. No. 201 Squadron, possibly No. 210. There were
several squadrons that he may have been associated with. I would love to find
some photos or anyone who might have served with him. I was 5 when he died and
since he and my mom left the UK after the war, they did not keep up with anyone.

I also know that he had a commanding officer, at some
point, named Owen "Bobby" Roberts.

Request 1004. Posted 9 Mar 2012

I would like to know if anyone might
have known my late father – 1449234 LAC Arthur Charles Curtis (Fitter II
Engines) during the Second World War.

He joined in July 1941 at Cardington and
then seemed to roam around the UK a fair bit until embarking at Liverpool for
Algiers 13 Aug 1943.

He arrived Algiers 24 Aug 1943 and then
was at Blida, Bone and Fort De L'eau between then and 28 Mar 1944.

Unfortunately, I don’t know which units
he was with except;

284 Sqn, April 1944 at Alghero,
Sardinia;

156 MU, Sep 1944 to Jan 1946, Blida &
Fort De L’eau;

351 MU, Jan 1946 to Jul 1946, Hussein
Dey (Algiers).

Dad was demobbed 22 Aug 1946.

I have several photos taken during a
convoy in what looks like North Africa and probably taken mid-1944. The people
in the photo’s are named as:

Darkie, Fred, ACC, Daisey, Ray, & Jack
(Cpl). One of the photo’s is attached and the men are in the order given here.

Dad was great friends with ‘Daisey’ and
(inevitably) they were known as ‘Gert & Daisey’. ‘Daisey’ was known to have
worked in a garage in Ely, Cambridgeshire in the mid-1950’s.

Any info on the men in the photo's, or
if you would like copies of them, please contact me through this site, or
russellf97 <at>
gmail.com.

Regards,

Phil Curtis

Request 1003. Posted 9 Mar 2012

Among family papers I have a pocket
edition of Lamb's Last Essays of Elia in which is inscibed 'W Atchison,34 Sqdn
RAF. This intrigues me and I wonder if I could find out more about this person.

Any help you could offer would be
gratefully received as I have no knowledge of such a person having any
connection with my family

Garrick Barton

Request 1002. Posted 2 Mar 2012

I am researching the brief
history of 126 Squadron RAF and would welcome any information on the unit,
particualrly photographs, logbooks (or relevant extracts), diary's etc.

Thank you,

Regards,

Phil. Cox

Request 1001. Posted 2 Mar 2012

I am trying to establish status and
whereabouts of my father—REGINALD ROLAND HILL- served in ground crew at RAF
KUMALO, Bulawayo, later to Cranborne in the then Salisbury.

My Mother is alive at 87 yrs, her memory
gone. I have no I D for him. He was I think a L/C. I never knew him,
apparently just left the house in Salisbury in around 1946, not seen or heard of
since.

Father`s birth date was 7/12/1918. Maybe
REQUEST 308—LAC BLAKEWAY may have known him? Father originated from U.K or
Ireland. My contact detail is
win.judy@absamail.co.za, my name is WINSON WILKINS HILL [NOW STEELE by deed
poll, when my Mom remarried}